"Kiddo, I have good news for you!"
After seeing her uncles off, Qin Yan lay unhappily on her bed, playing with two dolls in her arms.
She was also squeezing Tuantuan's slippery body.
Meimei's delighted voice caught her attention.
"What is it?"
"I leveled up! Hahahaha..."
Meimei planted her paws on her hips.
This was an unexpected delight for her.
"I never thought that after I bonded with you, your growth would feed back into me too."
Qin Yan had reached the first level of Qi Refining the night before last.
Meimei had never expected she could level up along with her!
The little Treasure-Seeking Mouse wiggled her bottom. "I have energy again! Maybe I'll even be able to travel through space someday. When I can, I'll take you to other worlds to play."
Qin Yan finally cheered up a little. She hugged Meimei and kissed her furry cheeks several times.
Tuantuan bounced over, wanting kisses too.
All right. Being very fair, Qin Yan gave the Slime a kiss too.
Once she felt better, she wanted to go stay at her manor again.
At the same time, some good news arrived.
The potions developed from the tea leaves and melon seeds were a success.
Research on the tea leaves had begun earlier, and now they had finally been made into an easily portable potion in a little bottle only as long as a thumb.
This way, when people went on missions, they could use it as soon as contamination brought them close to losing their minds, and it worked better than eating the tea leaves or drinking the tea directly.
With the groundwork laid by the tea leaves, research on the melon seeds progressed quickly too.
Some tea leaves were mixed into that potion, and it likewise worked better than