The City Lord's Residence.
A rich aroma suddenly burst out of the alchemy room.
It spread in an instant.
It enveloped the entire City Lord's Residence.
Everyone in the residence stopped what they were doing at once, sniffing the meaty fragrance in the air and searching for its source.
Xu Longyun twitched her nose and looked toward the alchemy room. Then her figure flashed several times, and in a few bounds, she appeared at its entrance and pushed the door open without hesitation.
Inside the alchemy room.
The lid of the pill furnace had been tossed aside, and wave after wave of mouthwatering fragrance wafted from within.
Lin Bai was staring blankly at the furnace. Noticing the door opening, he glanced back, then returned his gaze to the furnace.
Unable to contain her curiosity, Xu Longyun hurried forward and peered inside.
A neat layer of red pills covered the bottom of the furnace, uniform in size and smooth on the surface. Apart from the waves of beef fragrance they gave off, they looked no different from pills refined by the Medicine King Sect.
"You... you... actually refined pills out of beef?" Xu Longyun stared at the pills as though she had seen a ghost.
"Mm," Lin Bai replied. He was bewildered himself. How could a pot of beef, combined with the right heat and pill-refining techniques, turn into perfectly round meatballs without a single trace of beef's grain?
Alchemy was so magical!
Gulp!
Xu Longyun swallowed. "What do these pills do?"
"They keep you from feeling hungry," Lin Bai said.
"And?" Xu Longyun asked.
"They smell delicious," Lin Bai said.
"And?" Xu Longyun pressed.
"That's it," Lin Bai said.
"They must at least have a name!" Xu Longyun frowned.
"I call them Beef-Flavored Grain-Repelling Pills," Lin Bai said. The pills'