The Overbearing Empress Dowager Falls for Me

"It's all here."

Huo Yuhao held out his hand.

Seven crystal-clear, dark red pills lay quietly in his palm.

Ju Zi lowered her head to look at the pills, and her breathing grew rapid.

She had just personally experienced the effects of this medicine.

One Red Jade Pill was fully comparable to a piece of thousand-year whale gelatin.

It was even purer.

The pills contained no impurities at all, and their effects lasted far longer than if one ate the ingredients directly.

Most importantly, how many materials had Huo Yuhao just used?

A piece of foul-smelling whale gelatin, along with a packet of extremely common basic herbs.

Such ordinary materials had actually produced so many top-grade pills.

This was practically robbery.

Ju Zi took a deep breath and tried to calm her pounding heart.

She suddenly recalled a rumor from her past life.

At that time, Huo Yuhao had already been a god for several decades.

According to the rumor, when Huo Yuhao served as the master of the Sea God Pavilion, he had personally refined a batch of divine pills known as Heaven-and-Earth Creation Pills.

It was said that those pills had directly seized the creation of heaven and earth.

They had forcibly created an Ultimate Douluo for Shrek Academy.

They had also produced several Titled Douluo.

Even the leftover residue from the pill refinement had given Shrek Academy a large number of young geniuses capable of fighting above their level.

When Ju Zi had first heard this rumor, it had felt unreal to her.

She had thought it was something fabricated by later generations to deify him.

But now—

Looking at the Red Jade Pills in her palm, Ju Zi was completely convinced.

So that had not merely been a myth. Most likely, the others had been far too conservative in their telling.

This kid was a born alchemy monster.

With something capable of mass-producing geniuses like this, many things would become incredibly simple.

Build her own power and gather a loyal inner circle.

All she needed was large quantities of Red Jade Pills.

Seeing the look in Ju Zi's eyes, Huo Yuhao could not help shrinking back.

The way this woman looked at him was too terrifying.

"Ju Zi?"

"Mm."

Ju Zi raised her head, her eyes fixed firmly on him.

Huo Yuhao scratched his head and said, "Actually, this thing's effects can be doubled again."

At those words—

Ju Zi's expression instantly froze.

Doubled again?

"This only counts as a crudely made defective product."

Huo Yuhao explained with a straight face.

That was indeed the information the Heavenly Creation Cauldron had just transmitted back to him.

The ingredients paired with the thousand-year whale gelatin had only been ordinary herbs, useful merely for nourishing qi and blood, relaxing the tendons, and unblocking the channels.

As long as he could replace them with older and higher-quality herbs—

The effects of the Red Jade Pill could absolutely be multiplied several times over.

Of course, as an experienced webnovel author, Huo Yuhao knew all too well how cheat abilities were supposed to work.

He had to keep a low profile.

At the start, he could not talk himself up too much. That was called lowering expectations.

So he used a very modest term.

Defective product.

That term echoed endlessly in Ju Zi's mind.

A pill better than thousand-year whale gelatin, and this kid actually called it a defective product?

The next moment—

Under Huo Yuhao's utterly shocked gaze—

Ju Zi suddenly pounced on him.

She directly reached out with both hands and cupped Huo Yuhao's slightly youthful face.

Then she fiercely leaned in.

Smack!

The crisp sound echoed through the room.

Huo Yuhao was completely dumbfounded.

The thoughts in his head instantly ground to a halt.

Where was he?

What was he doing?

Why had the plot suddenly changed?

Taking advantage of him was one thing, but she had even provided her own sound effect.

Ju Zi let go, and an unprecedentedly brilliant smile bloomed across her face.

"No matter what you ask for."

She stared into Huo Yuhao's eyes, her tone utterly resolute.

"I'll agree to it."

"Really?"

"Really."

Huo Yuhao swallowed.

"Then can I sleep in a room by myself?"

"No."

Huo Yuhao: ...

Women really were all big liars.

Early the next morning—

When Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, the spot beside him was already empty.

A trace of warmth still lingered beneath the blanket.

Ju Zi had long since disappeared without a trace.

After breakfast—

Huo Yuhao, as unwavering as ever, went to train in the open space.

Ye Guyi was already waiting there.

However, compared to her strict attitude yesterday, Ye Guyi was clearly somewhat different today.

The way she looked at Huo Yuhao was filled with complicated emotions.

"Good morning, Sister."

Huo Yuhao greeted her obediently.

"Mm."

Ye Guyi nodded.

After hesitating for several seconds, she suddenly asked, "Was that Red Jade Pill from last night really made by you?"

That morning, Ye Guyi had gotten up even earlier to exercise. Ju Zi had given her a Red Jade Pill and told her that Huo Yuhao had refined it, and that its effects were far better than thousand-year whale gelatin.

Ye Guyi had doubted Ju Zi's words, but under Ju Zi's certain gaze, she had still chosen to take it.

What followed was shock—indescribable shock!

She was shocked by the effects of the Red Jade Pill, and even more shocked that Huo Yuhao could refine such a pill at only eight years old.

Even now, she still found it hard to believe.

That disgusting thousand-year whale gelatin could actually become a top-grade pill with no impurities whatsoever.

She had personally experienced the effects of thousand-year whale gelatin first, then experienced the effects of the Red Jade Pill.

Whale gelatin was indeed a good thing that could strengthen the body, but because it was a natural, unprocessed material, it contained many impurities. During cultivation, one had to build up slowly and carefully, and could not take too much of it over a long period.

Otherwise, the impurities would accumulate inside the body, gradually clogging the meridians and affecting cultivation speed.

But after taking the Red Jade Pill, there was no such concern at all.

After swallowing that pill, she had even felt the faint hidden ailment within her body slowly healing.

"I know a little."

Without blushing or missing a beat, Huo Yuhao brought out the same excuse he had used yesterday.

Ye Guyi's mouth twitched.

If such heaven-defying means counted as knowing a little, then all those so-called master alchemists on the continent might as well collectively smash their heads into walls.

That afternoon—

The sound of carriage wheels rolling came from outside the camp.

Ju Zi had finally returned.

Two black-clad guards followed behind her.

They carried packages and boxes of various sizes in their hands.

It looked like they had brought quite a few good things.

The two of them walked straight into the small courtyard.

"Put them there."

Ju Zi pointed toward the corner of the room.

The guards set down the boxes and respectfully withdrew.

Huo Yuhao stepped closer and peered into one of the boxes.

At that single glance, he sharply sucked in a breath.

The boxes were filled with precious herbs of extremely high age, as well as plenty of processed flesh and blood from high-level soul beasts.

These were definitely not cheap goods from an ordinary market.

They were all top-grade cultivation resources piled up with mountains of real gold and silver.

"Is this enough?"

Ju Zi walked to his side, her tone exceptionally lavish.

"Enough, enough."

Huo Yuhao nodded repeatedly.

With this batch of resources, the Red Jade Pills could immediately be upgraded to a new level.

The deficiency in his body would probably be fully replenished within a few days.

"This still isn't enough."

Ju Zi shook her head.

She picked up a valuable herb and casually stuffed it into Huo Yuhao's arms.

"These are only basic medicinal ingredients, for strengthening your body."

Ju Zi looked at Huo Yuhao, her eyes filled with seriousness.

"I've already instructed people to ask around."

"After a while, I'll get you Soul Ascension Pills and Profound Water Pills."

Huo Yuhao was instantly dumbfounded.

Soul Ascension Pills.

Profound Water Pills.

On the current Douluo Continent, those two kinds of pills were absolute luxuries.

They were priceless and unavailable.

If the core disciples of those sects received even one, they would probably wake up laughing from their dreams.

Yet from Ju Zi's mouth, they were apparently calculated by the batch.

How was this raising a husband?

She was clearly raising him like an ancestor.

"Ju Zi, won't this be too expensive?"

Huo Yuhao swallowed and asked softly.

"Don't worry about it."

Ju Zi reached out and ruffled his hair.

"You just use them. Leave everything else to me."

That sentence was simply too domineering.

It directly struck the Gan Tian spot of Huo Yuhao's transmigrator fantasy.

Now he finally understood why so many male-targeted novel protagonists loved shamelessly living off women.

It really was great!

No wonder domineering CEOs still had a market in female-targeted novels after all these years. A domineering female CEO—no, a domineering Empress Dowager—was simply too alluring.

Of course, it would be even better if this Empress Dowager were a little older.

As a well-adjusted, morally sound, exemplary college student, he could not regard a ten-year-old girl who treated him as her child husband as his child bride.

If he really thought that way, how would he be any different from a beast?