After striking a deal with Yu Menghan.
Li Ping began the first treatment for the Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly sealed inside the heavenly mystic crystal.
He smiled at Yu Menghan. "Fairy Yu, I'm not accustomed to having someone watch while I treat a patient. Could you wait outside for a little while?"
Yu Menghan visibly hesitated at his words.
But she soon said with a cheerful smile, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Li. I'm no physician. I won't steal your exclusive techniques."
Clearly, the Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly was extremely important to her, so she could not feel at ease leaving it alone with Li Ping.
Before Li Ping could speak again, Yu Menghan took a plain jade bottle from her Storage Bag and placed it directly on the table. Only then did she smile coaxingly. "As a show of sincerity, I'll give you this Foundation Establishment Pill in advance. Please let me stay beside you, Fellow Daoist Li. I promise I won't interfere with your treatment."
"Oh? A Foundation Establishment Pill." Li Ping picked up the bottle from the table, removed its stopper, and examined it carefully.
As a third-tier Pill Refiner, he naturally recognized at once that the bottle did indeed contain a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill.
After confirming there was nothing wrong with it, he put the pill away and smiled. "Since you're willing to pay in advance, Fairy Yu, I won't stand on ceremony."
In truth, he had never cared whether someone watched from the side. His real trump card was the magical power of the Longevity Art, something no one else could learn by watching.
He had only asked Yu Menghan to leave to maintain his air of an expert.
Now that she was willing to pay him in advance just to watch, she could watch all she