The days that followed were rather relaxed and pleasant.
Xiao Yan stayed in Peace Town. His prestige as a Seventh-Rank Alchemist had already spread, and no one in the entire Black-Corner Region dared provoke the disciples of Jia Nan Academy anymore. Even the Enforcement Team found itself with little to do for a time. Since he had nothing else to do, he simply shut himself in the Secret Chamber and began refining pills like a madman.
Nine Nether once again fell silent within his soul sea. Perhaps because she had only just advanced to a divine beast and the lower realm's spiritual energy was rather thin, she frequently slipped into slumber.
Cai Lin, however, often came looking for Xiao Yan. Whenever she entered the Secret Chamber, she would stay for days before leaving. When she emerged, her skin was supple and radiant, her bright eyes gleaming, as though she had swallowed an all-restoring tonic. The sight left Qing Lin quite envious.
"Humm..."
Inside the Secret Chamber.
Xiao Yan slowly reined in his energy and roughly stuffed another Life Devouring Pill into a jade bottle. He gently exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes slightly glazed. Refining pills was exhausting enough already, yet that girl Cai Lin kept coming to plunder him like a bandit, leaving nothing behind.
What suffering...
Still, that was something of a humblebrag. After all, alchemy itself was exceedingly tedious and painstaking work, especially when it came to Seventh-Grade Pills. The slightest mistake could send all his efforts down the drain. Even he had gradually begun producing flawed pills and duds after refining so many.
Having a seductive beauty like Cai Lin come to cuddle with him and soothe him certainly added a good deal of pleasure to the process.
"The nineteenth..."
"Enough to produce nineteen