Chapter 2194 — Xiaoshu's Suspicion
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"Get lost..." Gu Mengyao rose to her feet and headed straight upstairs to bed.
"Oh—Yao Yao, don't be embarrassed..." Shen Yushu handed the bag back to Wei Zhao. "You'd better keep it yourself. I'm going to sleep too..."
"..." Wei Zhao returned to his room as well, tossed the bag carelessly into a drawer, sat down on the bed, closed his eyes, and began to **.
This time, though, ** was noticeably slower than before—not even in the same league.
He had originally meant to pay Han Jingyi a visit and discuss the matter of pill refinement with her, but the hour was already late, so Wei Zhao decided to leave it until tomorrow.
The night passed without a word. Early the next morning, Han Jingyi came down for breakfast still yawning—only she had come much earlier than usual, clearly aware that Wei Zhao was back and intending to study the question of pill refinement with him.
Wei Zhao happened to be looking for her too. Taking advantage of the fact that Granny Sun had not yet finished preparing breakfast, he pulled Han Jingyi into his room.
"Brother Wei Zhao, I stayed up all night studying those notes on the art of the pill refiner that you gave me," Han Jingyi said. "There are a few things in them worth drawing on and learning from, but not many. They're nowhere near as useful as the alchemist's notes you gave me before. I've finished scanning them—I'll return the files to you in a bit."
"Mm. The material I gave you before is about as good as it gets right now," Wei Zhao said. "Don't show it to anyone, and don't mention it—especially not to You Panhu."
"Jingjing knows. Jingjing isn't an idiot—how could I go around shooting my mouth off?" Han Jingyi said with a nod.
"Oh, right—about refining pills from multiple ingredients at once, I asked Leader Bai for you. His explanation went like this..." Wei Zhao then relayed Leader Bai's explanation to Han Jingyi.
"So that's how it is!" Han Jingyi nodded. "In a few days, Jingjing is planning to gather some grade-two pill ingredients and give refining them a try..."
"While I remember—here's a Minor Qi Gathering Pill. Take it. Once you do, you'll advance to early Earth-rank strength, which will be a great help to your pill refining as well." Wei Zhao handed Han Jingyi one of the Minor Qi Gathering Pills he had won in the competition.
Of the three Minor Qi Gathering Pills, one was for Han Jingyi, one Wei Zhao intended for the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast, and as for the last, he had not yet decided whom to give it to.
"All right." Han Jingyi took the Minor Qi Gathering Pill and swallowed it without a moment's hesitation, then began circulating the inner-energy mantra to dissolve the pill's efficacy...
The alchemist's mantra was indeed different from other inner-energy mantras. Though Han Jingyi had taken the Minor Qi Gathering Pill to force her strength upward and break through to Earth-rank, she did not suffer the way Han Xiaohu had—it was as if everything simply fell into place...
But just as Han Jingyi was making her breakthrough, a knock sounded at Wei Zhao's door.
"Mr. Lin, breakfast is ready—time to eat..." Granny Sun's voice came through as well.
"Granny Sun, just a moment—you all go ahead and start," Wei Zhao said, glancing at Han Jingyi. She was now at the critical juncture of her breakthrough. Though a pill refiner's breakthrough was somewhat easier than an ordinary ** practitioner's, Wei Zhao did not dare leave. He had to ** for Han Jingyi.
If anything went wrong with Han Jingyi, Wei Zhao would regret it beyond measure. To him, Han Jingyi was a great treasure—a mobile pill furnace. If something happened to her, he would find nowhere to cry.
Granny Sun thought nothing of it when she heard Wei Zhao's words, but Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu found it rather strange. What were Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi doing in the room? Not even coming out for breakfast?