Found the Unlucky Bear!

Alchemist Guga pulled a lighter out of nowhere and reignited the fire under the medicine cauldron.

Holding a small fan, she gently controlled the flame.

Right up to this step, everything looked completely normal.

However, the next moment, Alchemist Guga casually grabbed a handful of herbs and tossed them right into the medicine cauldron.

"!!!"

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin felt their brains short-circuit for a moment.

Is this how pill refinement is done?? Aren't these medicinal properties going to clash?

Although they did not know how to refine pills, they still knew that medicinal properties conflicted with each other. When herbs with opposing attributes were combined, even strengthening herbs could turn into deadly poison.

Could it be that the entire sect had been suffering from endless diarrhea precisely because of toxins produced this way?

Alchemist Guga instantly flew into a rage.

You could scold Guga! You could beat Guga! But you absolutely were not allowed to insult Guga's technique!

She puffed out her round belly, pointed her fan at Ning Fengzhi's nose, and demanded:

"Guga! Are you the alchemist or am I the alchemist? Do you understand pill refinement or do I understand pill refinement? Speak! Guga!!"

"..."

Ning Fengzhi's mouth twitched.

Good grief, this little pest's attitude toward little Lin was completely different from her attitude toward him!

Sigh...

He helplessly raised a hand and made a polite gesture of invitation.

Only then was Alchemist Guga satisfied enough to continue fanning.

Standing to the side, Ning Rongrong watched her father get rebuffed and clapped her small hands in amusement as she giggled.

Lin Xiao curved the corners of his mouth upward slightly.

Do you know what it means when a subordinate's subordinate isn't your subordinate?

Well~ this is it~

Strangely enough.

The herbs that the Alchemist Gugas had casually tossed into the medicine cauldron actually began to emit bursts of pleasant fragrance.

A single sniff made a person feel refreshed and energized.

"Gurgle, gurgle--"

The top of the medicine cauldron constantly began to be pushed upward, and bursts of vapor spewed out from inside.

Lin Xiao swallowed hard.

Ever seen a pressure cooker let off steam?

It was just like that.

Was this really a normal pill refinement process?

Why did it feel like it was about to explode?

Subconsciously, he took a step back, grabbed Xiao Wu with his right hand, pulled Ning Rongrong with his left, and moved at lightning speed to hide behind the rockery in the garden in a flash.

Ning Rongrong was pulled into a stagger, and Xiao Wu followed along and hid at the back with a blank look on her face.

"Brother Lin Xiao, what's wrong? Why are we running so far away?"

Lin Xiao rubbed Ning Rongrong's little head.

"I'm doing this for your own good, just watch."

Ning Rongrong didn't understand, but she knew that following Brother Lin Xiao was definitely the right choice.

"Oh, okay, I'll listen to Brother Lin Xiao."

Ning Fengzhi stood not far from the medicine cauldron, chuckled at the sight, and shook his head.

"Sure enough, no matter how mature their minds are, they're still just children. It's just puffing out some medicinal vapor, yet they're scared like this."

However, Chen Xin's brows furrowed slightly as he stared at the constantly vibrating medicine cauldron. He had already caught a whiff of danger and hurriedly spoke up to warn them.

"Fengzhi, shouldn't we fall back a bit as well?"

The cauldron lid was being battered so hard by the violent medicinal force inside that it made a banging sound, the white mist leaking from the gaps was growing thicker and thicker, and dull, explosive cracking sounds faintly echoed from within.

Chen Xin keenly noticed that spiderweb-like fine cracks had appeared on the medicine cauldron and were constantly expanding.

He hurriedly grabbed Ning Fengzhi and bolted far away.

The next second.

"Bang!!!"

"Guga!!!"

With a deafening roar, the medicine cauldron instantly exploded!

Lin Xiao and the others hiding behind the rockery only felt a wave of heat wash over them, and fragments of the medicine cauldron whistled past their heads.

"Cough, cough, cough--"

Dust and smoke filled the air. Lin Xiao raised a hand to wave away the gray mist blinding him, coughed a few times, and raised his eyes to look toward the center of the courtyard.

Although the Alchemist Gugas had been right at the epicenter of the explosion.

They were bizarrely unharmed.

It was just that their little faces looked exceptionally comical, smeared completely black with soot, leaving only pairs of round, rolling eyes exposed.

They looked at each other, staring at each other's blackened appearances, and stood frozen in place one by one.

"Guga?"

As soon as one opened her mouth to speak, a puff of black smoke drifted out from her mouth.

"Unbelievable! When you bought the medicine cauldron, you should have bought a good one for me! How could it explode, Guga!!"

Alchemist Guga #1 hopped up and down in anger, her short legs continuously kicking at the shattered cauldron pieces scattered on the ground, which rolled around making clanging noises, while she kept cursing away.

Alchemist Guga #2 weakly raised a tiny hand.

"Guga... I bought the medicine cauldron on Guzi's livestream... 9.9 for two... Guga."

"!!!"

Alchemist Guga #1 instantly hit the boiling point, raised her hand, and slapped fiercely with a loud smack against the other's head.

"Guga!! Do you want your life or just a bargain?!"

"Eh? It looks like it succeeded, Guga!"

Starlight-like radiance flashed in Alchemist Guga's eyes as she hurriedly bent over.

She rummaged through the pile of blackened medicine slag and fragments, carefully pinching out a round medicinal pill.

The pill was pitch-black all over, riddled with pits on the surface, and shaped into a round lump.

Lin Xiao gasped deeply, his mouth twitching wildly.

Hiss... This pitch-black thing looks just like sheep dung. Did it really succeed?

He turned to look at Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin standing nearby, and tentatively spoke up:

"Should Uncle Ning find someone to test it? Let's see what the medicinal effect is like."

"Done."

Chen Xin's figure flashed.

After just a few breaths of time, he returned as fast as he left.

In his hand, he was dragging a bewildered yellow-haired disciple just like a little chick.

"Hey?! It's you again!"

Seeing this familiar face, Lin Xiao's mouth couldn't help twitching, and he couldn't help marveling at the wondrous work of fate.

That very person was the one who had been scared half to death by the test drive previously.

He heard that after the last incident, the guy's brother had even gone down the mountain specifically to find a specialized soul-summoning healer just to recover him.

He never expected this unlucky disciple to come back again.

Quickly tell all major netizens that the unlucky bear has been found, and it's right in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect!

The yellow-haired disciple's scalp tingled fiercely, an ominous premonition instantly rising in his heart as every hair on his body stood on end.

"S-Sword Elder, Sect Master, what are you going to do?"

Chen Xin gave his arm a slight flick, directly setting the person gently onto the ground, and cast his gaze toward the pitch-black pill that resembled sheep dung held in Alchemist Guga's claw.

"Little Lin refined a pill that can increase cultivation speed, and wants you to test it out."

The yellow-haired disciple's eyes widened abruptly, his expression instantly twisting into that of a bitter melon.

The crowd of black-faced Alchemist Gugas stared at this unlucky disciple with bright anticipation, unblinking and in unison.

Alchemist Guga #1 pushed the pill in her hand a little further forward.

The yellow-haired disciple shrank back his entire body, making a bitter face as he waved his hands repeatedly.

"Can I not eat this... The fortune-teller told me that today is not a good day for me to consume medicinal pills..."

"A fortune-teller? Doesn't that walk right into our trap? Daoist Guga! Come out and help this yellow-haired fellow calculate whether today is suitable for eating pills!"

Lin Xiao turned his head and shouted loudly toward the inside of the house.

"Whoosh!"

A tiny figure in flowing Taoist robes dashed out from the house, wearing a crooked Taoist crown on her head and brandishing a peachwood sword in her hand.

"Guga! At the pinnacle of the Dao, overlooking the ages, wherever your Sister Guga is, there is the heavens! Fellow Daoist, do not be afraid; this Guga's fortune-telling has always been very accurate."

Daoist Guga stroked an imaginary beard with her tiny hand, putting on an unfathomable and profound posture.

Her pair of eyes looked up and down at the pale-faced yellow-haired disciple.

Her little hands continuously pinched out incantation gestures.

"One times one is one, one times two is two, March Eighth Women's Day, May First Labor Day.

The divination shows that today is exceptionally auspicious, and it is extremely suitable for taking medicinal pills! This is a heaven-sent opportunity!"