Eating His Fill and Taking More, Calamity Signs Put to Clever Use, the Killer Returns to the Scene, and the Nascent Souls of the Eight Kingdoms

"Whoosh-"

The night carried its own chill, and the cold wind high above was sharper still, striking the three of them like knives. But Lin Changheng's mana formed a shield of its own, shutting it out and allowing none of it near them.

Just as Bai Hengwan was silently pondering, Lin Changheng smiled faintly and spoke again. "I happen to have some Nascent Soul Formation Twin Pills. Perhaps they can help you."

Bai Hengwan immediately started. "Some?"

Did Brother Lin have many of these precious pills?

But recalling Lin Changheng's identity as an alchemist and the reputation for widespread generosity that had once shaken the Song-Jin Lands, she immediately realized something. Her heart began pounding faster again.

Perhaps because they were so close, almost pressed together, Lin Changheng could not only smell the faint fragrance on Bai Hengwan,

a feminine scent distinctly different from that of other women, but even sense her quickening heartbeat, which reached him with an unusual vibration and friction.

For a moment, his thoughts ran wild like a restless monkey and a galloping horse. Fortunately, with Heaven-Gifted Clear Heart bolstering him, Lin Changheng quickly suppressed them and did not make an "embarrassing spectacle" of himself.

Then Bai Hengwan said, "That would naturally be wonderful. I only need one standard Illusion-Breaking Pill. With that, my chances of Nascent Soul Formation will rise greatly-"

Threads of delight ran through her voice. Then her bright eyes flickered, and she said emotionally, "But you braved danger to come to the Immortal City and save me, Brother Lin, and now you're giving me pills as well. These are both tremendous kindnesses. I truly don't know how to repay or thank you-"

Lin Changheng was just about to say something about their friendship, how they ought to help one another, and how