My Silly, Sweet Wife

Looking at Mo Changsheng’s appearance, Ye Guichen asked curiously, ”Senior Mo, are you afraid of Hua Xiangrong?”

Upon hearing Ye Guichen’s words, Mo Changsheng seemed as if he was about to explode, ”Nonsense! Who’s afraid of her? Hmph, I’m not afraid of her! I am, I am a dignified elder of the Dan Sect; many cultivators have to curry favor with me. If, if I wasn’t tricked, I, I wouldn’t have been caught here and imprisoned for so many years...”

As he spoke, Mo Changsheng seemed about to cry and grabbed Ye Guichen’s hand, ”Young brother, you don’t know the terror of that female demon. She not only hits me but also doesn’t let me eat. Once, for a whole month, I wasn’t given any food, only water. Heaven, it was terrifying! This time she wants to refine a new kind of pill, one that can help maintain her blood and Qi. I failed, and she’s definitely going to torture me again.”

”By the way, if you get the chance to leave, can you visit the Dan Sect and tell them I’m here? Young brother, if you can save me, I will certainly repay you well.”

Ye Guichen couldn’t help but laugh.

Judging by Mo Changsheng’s behavior, isn’t this just fear?

Yet he refuses to admit it verbally.

However, upon hearing about the new pill, Ye Guichen became curious, ”Senior Mo, don’t be anxious. Since I’m here, I have a way to help you. First, tell me what the new pill Hua Xiangrong is asking you to refine is.”

”Alright, alright.” Mo Changsheng was evidently a pill fanatic; upon hearing Ye Guichen mention pills, his spirit revived instantly. Rubbing two scorched pills together, he said, ”This pill is called Qi Boosting Pill, a Qi-supplementing pill. I don’t know if you are aware, but the cultivation technique of that female demon is exceedingly sinister, and their sect is full of such sinister techniques. Their cultivation method is to absorb the spiritual energy of the opposite gender for their own use. Although this cultivation method can quickly increase one’s cultivation, achieving twice the results with half the effort, the disadvantages are also apparent. If enough spiritual energy isn’t absorbed over a long period of time to suppress one’s inner sinister tendencies, it’s easy to fall into madness. Once that happens, one becomes like a mindless zombie, losing all reason and killing indiscriminately.”

”In recent times, I have seen that female demon a few times, noticing her blood and Qi were abnormal, evidently affected by the backlash of her cultivation technique. It’s somewhat off. Then one day, she suddenly came here, asking me to refine the Qi Boosting Pill, which confirmed my suspicion. The Ghost Market used to be a place of lawlessness, but since the female demon came, it appears peaceful on the surface, yet they’re involved in many shady dealings behind the scenes. Especially here, where the Yin energy is dense and spiritual energy is scarce, not many cultivators come here.”

”It’s precisely for this reason the female demon’s ability to supplement spiritual energy is severely hampered, with the few cultivators around her far from meeting her needs. So, her blood and Qi are depleting, and without the Qi Boosting Pill, she might soon fall into madness. I actually hope she does go mad, but she said that if she does, the first person she’ll kill is me.”

”I, I’ve lived less than two hundred years, I don’t want to die.” Mo Changsheng’s face fell, ”But this Qi Boosting Pill is a third-grade pill, and our Penglai Dan Sect is merely a small alchemy sect. Though I’m an elder, the highest grade pill I’ve refined is second-grade, I’ve never refined a third-grade pill. Isn’t this difficult for me?”

Ye Guichen wasn’t quite knowledgeable about genuine pills.

However, according to Mo Changsheng, first-grade pills are just the entry-level pills.

Mo Changsheng’s ability to refine second-grade pills after over a hundred years of cultivation showed he was quite the genius.

And their sect master, capable of refining third-grade pills, was highly esteemed by many cultivators.

However, it seems within the hidden sects there are even more powerful alchemists who can refine pills beyond third-grade.

This Qi Boosting Pill is a third-grade pill, and Mo Changsheng has been trying to refine it lately, but several batches have been ruined.

Three days later will be the final deadline. If Mo Changsheng still can’t produce the Qi Boosting Pill, he will likely be tortured by Hua Xiangrong.

The path of alchemy shares many similarities with the path of medicine.

Ye Guichen understood this somewhat, realizing most of his previously refined pills hadn’t even reached the entry-level grade.

”I see.” Ye Guichen nodded, ”Senior Mo, anyway, I’ve been thrown here by that female demon. She probably won’t bother us for a while. With nothing else to do, I’ll help you try refining the Qi Boosting Pill.”

”You are going to help me refine pills?” Mo Changsheng glanced at Ye Guichen, ”Kid, you don’t even have any spiritual energy fluctuations. You’re not even considered a cultivator, and have you studied alchemy? Not to insult you, but at your age, in our Dan Sect, you’d be a menial apprentice, unable to refine entry-level pills.”

”Let’s try it anyway, maybe it’ll work.” Ye Guichen shrugged indifferent.

”Ah, youthful fearlessness.” Mo Changsheng’s eyes flashed with cunning as he pondered for a moment, then suddenly smirked, thinking: Right, this kid is reckless. If I let him refine the Qi Boosting Pill and he fails, I can blame it on him. Even if that female demon chases the issue, I can shirk all responsibility.”

Thinking of this, Mo Changsheng showed unprecedented enthusiasm, ”Alright, alright, since you’re so eager to learn, I’ll give you some guidance.”

As he spoke, Mo Changsheng led Ye Guichen to the herbal room next door.

”To refine the Qi Boosting Pill, there are only seven necessary materials; the most important is the Qi Boosting Herb, and the amount must be precisely controlled...” Mo Changsheng explained in great detail.

Ye Guichen listened very attentively.

This was a learning opportunity, and Ye Guichen was very interested in the path of alchemy.

If he could manage to create various pills, they might attract cultivators even more than Spirit Stones.

According to Ye Guichen’s thinking, Hua Xiangrong had been duped by him recently, so she likely won’t trouble him.

Firstly, because she can’t bear the embarrassment, and secondly, because she won’t find a way to deal with him anytime soon.

As for the King Qin’s spies, Gui Tuo was keeping an eye for him, and staying here could provide helpful insights into Hua Xiangrong.

In fact, Luo Shentong, since coming to the Ghost Market, seemed to have disappeared as if he were a busy person.

Although Luo Shentong was knowledgeable about many mystical things, he was just a martial artist with average martial arts skills, and couldn’t be of much help here.

For him not to be a hindrance was already good enough.

So, Luo Shentong’s disappearance was actually a good thing.

After understanding the pill refining process, Ye Guichen started preparing.