This time, with the help of the Wine God Heartflame, Xue Fuyao successfully refined the Fasting Pills without any trouble, except...
"Why is there a faint smell of wine?"
Xue Fuyao looked at the round, plump Fasting Pills in her hand and leaned closer, sniffing them again and again. She was quite certain they carried a faint fragrance of wine.
She ate one. It was no different from a normal Fasting Pill.
"Mm, as long as they work the same."
She did not dwell on the matter for long. To her, being able to refine pills was all that mattered. The rest was unimportant.
After clearing away the wine jugs on the floor, Xue Fuyao shut herself in her room to practice refining pills.
What she did not know was that while she was immersed in pill refining, someone outside was searching for her.
More precisely, they were searching for the person who had visited the little tavern a few days ago.
A neatly dressed woman was asking around with a crude portrait in her hand.
Although Xue Fuyao frequently changed her appearance, she used most of her disguises only once, apart from a few regular ones, to avoid confusing her memories with too many identities.
The woman asked around with the portrait and actually found a lead, which she followed to the vicinity of Xue Fuyao's residence.
However, the trail went cold again once she arrived there. Left with no other choice, the woman could only search from door to door.
Although the trail had gone cold, she still used her wits to narrow it down to a few of the most suspicious people.
Meanwhile, as Xue Fuyao was refining pills, she suddenly heard urgent knocking outside.
She put away the pills she had just refined and dispersed the