Refining "Pills," Third Grade!

The long night had no moon, and its people had no sleep.

Zhao Li picked up Ye Yunsheng and walked to the Wooden House, but stopped there and did not go in.

"I wonder if this house will bring her warmth from now on, or endless sorrow?" Zhao Li looked at the Wooden House before him, thought of what had happened today, and could not stop that question from rising in his heart.

After standing there for a long time, Zhao Li finally walked in and gently laid Ye Yunsheng on the bed.

Looking at the sorrow that would not fade from the girl's brow, Zhao Li sighed softly.

He gently tucked the quilt around her, pushed open the door, left the Wooden House, and looked at the rain that had begun falling at some unknown point. "Maybe it also wants to wash the human world clean and purify it..."

Early the next morning, the rain was still falling.

Ye Yunsheng woke to the sound of Summer Rain passing through the forest and striking the leaves. She opened her eyes and looked at everything familiar before her, dazed for a moment. It was so much like before...

Sorrow surged in Ye Yunsheng's heart again. "In the end, I still have no family."

Through the window, Ye Yunsheng looked at the rain outside, hid her grief away, and regained her usual calm composure, along with that unique stubbornness. Then she got up and walked out.

Just as Ye Yunsheng reached the door, she saw the young man leaning sideways beneath the eaves, lost in thought, staring blankly at the sky.

"Young Master, it's cold outside. Come in." The clear, delicate voice brought Zhao Li back to himself. He looked at Ye Yunsheng, who had once again become the way she had been when they first met, as if those things had not affected her. But Zhao Li understood that she was also only that little girl who had wailed and cried in the night.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Li did not know what to say. He only nodded and followed her inside.

"Yunsheng still hasn't thanked Young Master for saving me. If there is anything Young Master needs, Yunsheng will do her utmost."

Zhao Li waved his hand, feeling awkward. Across two lifetimes, this was truly the first time he had ever seen a scene like this.

Zhao Li was in no mood to think about anything else, so he simply said what was on his mind. "If we really calculate it, this matter arose because of me. I only hope Miss Ye won't resent me for it. I originally came to seek a quiet place to cultivate for a time. Might I stay temporarily in this valley?"

Ye Yunsheng sensed that Zhao Li still had this on his mind, so she did not say anything more. In the end, he would understand.

Hearing that Zhao Li wanted to stay in the valley for a while, Ye Yunsheng agreed without even thinking. "As you wish, Young Master."

From that day on, Zhao Li found a spot in the valley, opened up a simple Cave Dwelling, and moved in.

Inside the Cave Dwelling, Zhao Li decided to follow his original plan and refine the pills as soon as possible to complete the transaction.

Taking out the Medicine Cauldron and the Medicinal Ingredients, Zhao Li once again became a tool for pill refining.

Time flew by. By the time Zhao Li had used up the Medicinal Ingredients given by the Auction House and refined twenty bottles of Meridian Opening Pills, five days had already passed.

"If we calculate it according to the auction price, I earned at least over a million Gold Coins in just these few days. This money is really easy to make." Zhao Li put the pills away, stretched, and clicked his tongue again.

After casually tidying up, Zhao Li left the Cave Dwelling and came to the small house.

Through the wooden window, Zhao Li did not see Ye Yunsheng, and for no reason, panic rose in his heart.

In a flash, he rushed toward the small house. The moment Zhao Li entered, he saw Ye Yunsheng collapsed on the ground in pain, her body giving off a dim glow. Standing nearby, Zhao Li could even feel traces of chill.

"What's going on? Is her Special Constitution awakening? But I don't have some knowledgeable Golden Finger Old Grandpa. What do I do, what do I do?" Zhao Li checked her over and sensed a massive power inside Ye Yunsheng's body, but he had no way to begin and did not know how to guide and control that energy.

"Am I going to see Father and my brothers?" In her daze, Ye Yunsheng seemed to see her father and brothers beckoning to her.

Zhao Li sensed that the energy inside Ye Yunsheng's body was still continuing to strengthen, and Ye Yunsheng also seemed close to reaching her limit. He could only try inputting Dou Qi to see if he could guide and sort it out a little. "There's no other way. I can only treat a dead horse like a living one."

The moment Zhao Li's Dou Qi entered, it was swept up by that vast energy, like a tiny boat in a raging sea. In almost an instant, he lost control of it.

"It won't work..." Sensing that his Dou Qi had gone out of control, Zhao Li also grew anxious. In the end, he still could not properly control his Dou Qi under all kinds of interference.

Suddenly, inspiration flashed through Zhao Li's mind, and he had an idea. "I hope this works."

He circulated his Dou Qi again, but this time it did not head toward the vast energy in Ye Yunsheng's meridians. Instead, it continuously nourished and tempered Ye Yunsheng's Physical Body.

Since Zhao Li had no way to deal with that energy, he simply treated Ye Yunsheng as a pill to refine.

Zhao Li did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He carefully refined this special "Medicinal Ingredient." His Soul Power and Dou Qi were both being consumed nonstop. Zhao Li sensed that Ye Yunsheng was constantly adapting to the energy inside her body, and he gradually let out a breath of relief.

Time continued to pass. Ye Yunsheng woke up, but Zhao Li still did not dare to be careless.

"Miss Ye, can you hear me? In a moment, follow what I say and try to control the energy inside your body." Zhao Li asked. Seeing Ye Yunsheng blink in response, he told her the method he had studied for a long time, one that only had the roughest outline.

After several attempts, Ye Yunsheng was already able to successfully control a portion of it. As she continuously compressed it and formed a Qi Vortex in her Dantian, the pressure greatly decreased once the Qi Vortex took shape.

Seeing this, Zhao Li finally let go of the heart that had been hanging in his throat, then passed out into sleep. "As long as you're fine."

Ye Yunsheng looked at the young man before her, who was not much older than herself. "So it wasn't an illusion. You really are different from other people..."

Perhaps because the Giant Stone in his heart had fallen, Zhao Li slept for two full days. When he woke again and saw Ye Yunsheng beside him, he asked, "Miss Ye, are you all right?"

"Thank you, Young Master. I'm very well. Young Master can just call me Yunsheng. For Young Master's kindness, this little woman has no way to repay you, and can only pledge myself to you." Ye Yunsheng answered, with a hint of shyness.

Hearing this, Zhao Li secretly thought, Good thing she didn't say she'd repay the kindness by being an ox or horse in her next life... Ah, pah, Zhao Li, what are you thinking? With a handsome face like mine, what girl wouldn't like me?

"Young Master, don't take it seriously. Yunsheng was joking with you." Seeing Zhao Li staring blankly without replying, Ye Yunsheng thought he had been frightened by her abrupt words.

Zhao Li came back to himself and looked at Ye Yunsheng's flushed face. He thought to himself, Did I just miss out on a wife?

Sensing Ye Yunsheng's embarrassment, Zhao Li laughed it off and changed the topic, asking Ye Yunsheng how long he had slept. After receiving the answer, he remembered the time he had agreed on with the Auction House and wanted to take his leave.

But when the words of farewell reached his lips, Zhao Li ultimately could not say them. There was a feeling in his heart that if he said goodbye now, he did not know when they would meet again.

Zhao Li found an excuse to return to the Cave Dwelling, planning to sneak out and make it a quick trip there and back. "Yunsheng, I'll head back to my Cave Dwelling first. I still haven't finished refining the medicine from before." In the end, Zhao Li could not outstubborn Ye Yunsheng and no longer called her Miss Ye.

Watching Zhao Li leave at high speed, Ye Yunsheng's little face showed some confusion. "I feel like he's a little afraid of me? How could that be? Am I that scary?" She shook her head, pushed the thought down, and stopped thinking about it. Hearing that Zhao Li was going to continue refining medicine, she went to prepare food, just like in the previous days, to bring it to Zhao Li.

Returning to the Cave Dwelling, Zhao Li sensed his own state. His Alchemy Technique had improved somewhat and seemed to have reached the standard of Third Grade, which delighted him.

"Although it was a little risky, there really was no other way. If I had a knowledgeable old grandpa, how would it have been this troublesome? Another day of envying the Son of Destiny... Forget it, I should go to the Auction House and complete the transaction first. If I can get the Cultivation Method sorted out earlier, maybe it won't be this troublesome. Sigh, it's still because I'm weak."

Zhao Li summarized things for himself, stopped thinking about it, left the valley alone, and sped toward the Auction House.

Wishing everyone a happy New Year's Eve, a joyful family reunion, and all the best in everything.