Ning Xiuying's gaze made Ning Fa's scalp tingle. He gave a dry cough. "Sister Xiuying, if you keep looking at me like that, I'm going to start getting ideas."
A smile curled Ning Xiuying's lips. She lightly toyed with the hair by her ear, the waves before her chest trembling as she said with a teasing smile:
"Oh? What ideas are you getting? Thinking of having me throw myself into your arms? That wouldn't be impossible."
Ning Fa froze. Why was this girl being so bold today?
Ning Xiuying burst into laughter, her lovely face radiant.
Then, she tossed a white Storage Bag to Ning Fa. "Inside are next month's ten portions of Essence Replenishing Pills, along with four hundred and fifty spirit stones."
Ning Fa was taken aback and could not help asking, "The number of spirit stones seems a little off. Was there some extra?"
Ning Xiuying stared at Ning Fa with a gaze that was both envious and awestruck. She drew a deep breath and said:
"The Ninth Elder's friend was very satisfied with the pills you refined. He said your Essence Replenishing Pills were exceptionally pure in medicinal efficacy and far more effective than ordinary Essence Replenishing Pills, so he gave you an extra twenty percent in spirit stones."
Ning Fa understood.
The Essence Replenishing Pills he supplied to both the family and Ning Shaohong were currently maintained at around a seventy percent pill formation rate.
He had originally intended to raise the pill formation rate even further.
It was not that he wanted to hide his abilities. After all, during the Alchemy Hall examination, he had passed directly with an eighty percent pill formation rate. Producing that rate now would not have been strange at all.
The main reason was that he also had an