I Did My Best to Perform the Part You Needed Me to Play

While Dugu Bo was comforting his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, Jiang Xuan had not been idle either.

Watching Chen Xin descend from the sky, he quickly stepped forward.

"Good thing you stepped in to help in time today, Sis. Otherwise, facing that unreasonable old fellow, I really wouldn't have known what to do."

Hearing him call her "Sis" again, Chen Xin's face instantly darkened, and she nearly lost her temper.

But when she remembered that she had publicly promised just two days ago that the brat could address her however he pleased, she could only silently swallow her anger.

"It's nothing. Protecting the younger generation is a duty elders ought to fulfill. Tell me, what exactly is going on with Dugu Bo? Didn't you say that the pill's side effect was only supposed to make people smaller?"

Chen Xin's tone was gentle, and she wore a smile. Anyone unaware of the actual situation would instinctively assume that she was a kindly elder upon seeing this scene.

Yet Jiang Xuan was starting to break out in a cold sweat.

So she had still asked about it after all.

Don't falter. Absolutely don't falter!

After taking a deep breath, Jiang Xuan put on a puzzled expression.

"To be honest, Sis, I've been thinking about that too. During my previous tests, this pill's only side effect really was making people smaller. I even took several myself, but I didn't suffer any side effects at all. Seeing that old fellow turned into a woman by my pill today shocked me as well. For the moment, I can't make heads or tails of it."

Chen Xin's eyes narrowed.

"Oh? Xuan'er, you took this pill too?"

"Yes, I did, and I took quite a few of them. It was precisely because of this pill's effects that my Soul Power Level was able to rise so much in such a short time."

Hearing this answer, Chen Xin pondered for a moment before nodding.

Reasonable!

She had previously wondered how Jiang Xuan's Soul Power could have increased so drastically in such a short time. But once she attributed the reason to that miraculous pill, everything made sense.

That miraculous pill had such a tremendous effect even on her, who previously possessed level 96 Soul Power. If he had taken several more, it was hardly strange that his Soul Power Level had surged even further.

After all, even if a low-level Soul Master's Soul Power leaped from level 20 to level 50, the increase might not necessarily compare to the difference between level 96 and level 97.

"So that's how it is... In that case, do you have a way to remove this newly appeared side effect?"

Hearing Chen Xin ask that question, Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as she stopped dwelling on the other details, everything would be fine!

"Although this is the first time I've encountered this side effect, don't worry, Sis. As long as I have a sufficient supply of medicinal ingredients and some time, I'll definitely be able to refine a pill that can remove it... But do we really need to turn that old fellow back?"

Chen Xin's expression froze.

At this point, Jiang Xuan still seemed unaware of her true identity. Since that was the case, she naturally had no intention of exposing herself, because that would be incredibly embarrassing.

Her thoughts raced. After considering it, she offered what she believed was a fairly reasonable explanation.

"With how concerned that old fellow is about his reputation, there's no need to think about it—he definitely wants to return to normal as soon as possible. And as long as we hold the antidote that can turn him back, do you think he'll dare not work hard or disobey us?"

I did my best to perform the part you needed me to play.

After repeating those words to himself, Jiang Xuan nodded along.

"Alright, Sis, I understand. I'll find a way to develop the antidote as soon as possible."

As the quiet conversation between Jiang Xuan and Chen Xin came to an end, Dugu Bo had also finished comforting his granddaughter.

Dugu Yan was now quietly and obediently following beside Dugu Bo. After "Grandma" brought her before Jiang Xuan and the others, she honestly bowed and apologized as sincerely as she could.

Her personality was rather flamboyant, but that did not mean she would not listen to her "Grandma."

Seeing that the pair was fairly sensible, Jiang Xuan could not be bothered to pursue the matter further and simply sent them aside first.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace's spirit had long been drooling over the dense Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi here. If he did not let it feast soon, it might just revolt.

After outwardly finding the excuse that he needed to study how to refine pills, Jiang Xuan directly summoned his martial soul. Using Soul Power, he enlarged it until it was the same size as the mouth of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then placed the Eight Trigrams Furnace directly above the spring mouth, sealing it completely.

This way, his Eight Trigrams Furnace martial soul could absorb the Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi without restraint and without fear of being noticed, while it would not interfere with his pill refining either.

However, Qian Renxue was beginning to regret things now.

Had she known such an unexpected development would occur, she would have brought bodyguards with her.

She had thought that, with her formidable strength, she could easily control the situation when facing Jiang Xuan. But now that his elder had arrived, control of the situation had naturally shifted to his side.

Although nothing unfavorable to her had appeared yet, it was better to be safe than sorry.

She truly hated this feeling of being unable to control her own fate.

But helplessly, in order to ensure her safety, she could do nothing now. Trying to play clever tricks under the watchful eye of a Super Douluo would only lead to trouble.

With an ample supply of medicinal ingredients to freely use, the first pill Jiang Xuan wanted to refine was the White Bone Flesh-Regenerating Pill, which could help Xiao Wu heal her body.

Although the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation within the Eight Trigrams Furnace could forcibly keep her barely alive, if he continued to leave her unattended, Jiang Xuan worried that she might kick the bucket at any moment.

If that happened, his sustainable development plan would be impossible to carry out.

As for this White Bone Flesh-Regenerating Pill—

As its name suggested, even if a certain part of the body had been reduced to a bare bone with no flesh whatsoever, taking this pill would immediately restore the injured area to perfect condition.

The ingredients needed to refine this pill were precious, but after roughly estimating the supply within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Jiang Xuan found that there were enough ingredients here for him to refine it at least dozens of times!

Considering the failure rate when refining pills for the first time, Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment before opening the system panel.

[Please confirm, Host: Would you like to spend 1000 Merit Points to activate one pill-refining guidance session?]

Although failing to refine pills ten times would earn him one free guidance session, doing so would waste far too many of these precious medicinal ingredients.

Now that he had plenty of Merit Points, spending just 1000 Merit Points to save so many medicinal ingredients was worthwhile no matter how he looked at it.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan barely hesitated before decisively choosing to confirm.

[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully exchanged for one pill-refining guidance function. Would you like to activate it immediately?]