Zi Yan Takes the Bait: You're Saying This Pill Jumped into Your Mouth on Its Own? (Third update)

The pill he wanted refined-this boy might actually be able to make it.

Su Qian glanced at Elder Liu, who was watching him pitifully, his face full of heartache as though terrified he would destroy his precious Dou Ling Pill. With a chuckle, he tossed it back.

His gaze returned to Xiao Yan.

He murmured under his breath.

"The Xiao Clan? Are we sure it isn't the Yao Clan..."

Night fell.

Inside the little pavilion.

Xiao Yan lay quietly on a lounge chair. The sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill he had refined that day sat nearby, its bottle uncorked. He paid no mind to the pill's fragrance drifting out, simply resting with his eyes closed.

Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian still had not emerged from the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

It seemed those two girls had gotten competitive, too.

They would not come out until they broke through to two-star Dou Wang.

A Dou Ling could stay for only half a month before having to leave, but a Dou Wang was different. Even spending several months inside would do them no harm, so the academy would not drive them out. His fingertips tapped lightly against the chair's armrest, making a rhythmic sound.

The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth suddenly curled upward.

The fish has taken the bait...

That girl was nothing but a gluttonous dragon. What did she know of the Thirty-Six Stratagems? All she knew was that the pill tasted good, and she wanted to stuff it into her mouth. Even in the original story, she had only gradually wised up after following Xiao Yan.

Before that, she had been purely an uncivilized magical beast.

"Bzz..."

His keen Soul Perception caught a faint humming sound beside him. Then the space around him seemed to tear apart, and a