"Hmm, the task was completed smoothly. Another day, and I'll be able to transport all the timber back."
Xia Liu nodded earnestly.
He is just an ordinary person now.
In a cultivator family, he must have this attitude.
"You're really obedient, huh! But do you think I'll pity you because of this?"
Seeing Xia Liu's appearance, a fire ignited in Du Yan's belly: "Wrong! I will intensify it, make you regret befriending Du Yu!"
Xia Liu didn't speak, just smiled wryly.
He was curious to see what difficult methods would continue to torment him next.
"Why aren't you afraid at all?"
Seeing Xia Liu without a hint of fear, Du Yan asked.
"Why be afraid? Every day of life is torture, only the intensity varies."
"If it's all torture, then why do you live? Wouldn't dying be easier?"
"Dying is certainly easy, but it would sadden those who care about me, even leaving them feeling guilty all their lives, so I cannot die."
Xia Liu spoke seriously.
"Oh, I really want to see if Du Yu would feel guilty for you all his life!"
Du Yan said coldly, then indicated for Xia Liu to follow her into the room.
Xia Liu had no choice, following lightly behind Du Yan.
"Since you're not afraid of dying, start working as an attendant."
Walking ahead, Du Yan said without turning her head.
Upon hearing this term, Xia Liu felt secretly delighted.
Finally, a chance to get involved in alchemy!
"Miss Du, what are the main duties of an attendant?"
Xia Liu asked tentatively.
"It's simple, testing pills for me!"
After hearing Du Yan's response, Xia Liu felt a chill in his heart.
If he weren't at the thirteenth level of Qi Cultivation.
If he didn't have the Wood Origin inside.
Those failed pills or even Poison Pills, once swallowed, wouldn't they end him.
If not dead, then crippled!
Du Yan, truly ruthless!
Cannot comprehend what kind of grudge makes her hate Du Yu so much.
"What? Are you scared?"
Seeing Xia Liu unresponsive, Du Yan stopped and turned, trying to discern his true thoughts.
"No, not afraid. I'm lucky to taste pills meant for Immortals."
Du Yan subconsciously got angry.
But the anger quickly dissipated.
"Very well! You'll soon know how lucky you are!"
Du Yan smirked eerily and entered a room: "Wait here for me!"
Discovering two young girls inside, Xia Liu did nothing to peek.
Of course, he couldn't do that.
Du Yan was a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Cultivation.
Her Divine Sense must be lingering around.
If he acted improperly, she might immediately notice.
Her authority in the Du Family might be scarier than Du Feixiong.
If she found a reason to expel him, even Du Feixiong couldn't protect him.
About an hour later, Du Yan emerged from the room.
There were still some sweat beads on her forehead, and more Spiritual Energy leaked beside her, suggesting she had just used it for pill refinement.
"This is a first-grade pill, taste it and tell me how you feel."
Du Yan opened her hand, revealing a pill completely black in her palm.
A black, round pill, with only an unpleasant smell, and Xia Liu felt nothing else.
Shaking hands received the pill, Xia Liu stared at it.
"Haha, are you scared?" ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝙣𝙚𝙩
Du Yan said smilingly.
"No, it's just the smell is unpleasant, I..."
Before Xia Liu finished, Du Yan shouted.
At the moment Xia Liu opened his mouth, Du Yan grabbed the pill from his hand and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
Then with a gentle touch of Spiritual Energy, the pill was sent into his belly.
Xia Liu immediately coughed.
Unexpectedly, Du Yan was so domineering.
But it was okay, Xia Liu was just pretending.
About ten minutes later, Du Yan asked busily: "How is it? Feeling anything wrong?"
"No, nothing at all."
Xia Liu shook his head.
The moment the pill went down, he seized the remaining Spiritual Energy to immediately wrap it and hide it.
With that dark appearance, Xia Liu didn't need to think.
Absolutely a failed product.
Although digesting the pill wouldn't cause any side effects.
But how could Xia Liu allow that; mischief is fine, but he won't let Du Yan do as she pleases.
Du Yan circled Xia Liu several times, indeed not noticing anything amiss.
No choice, unable to find anything wrong, she reentered the room: "Wait again!"
This time, Du Yan stayed inside for two hours and came out at noon.
Different from before, she had five pills in her hand.
Two black, and three light yellow ones.
If guessed correctly, the black ones are definitely Poison Pills, while the other three are successful pills.
"Eat these three first."
Xia Liu nodded, grabbing the pills and directly popping them into his mouth.
This time he didn't use Spiritual Energy.
Because he knew, with successful pills, Du Yan would surely use Divine Sense to scan his body.
But it's unknown if she could inwardly view his body.
Upon entering the mouth, Xia Liu immediately smelled a fragrance.
It was the scent of medicinal herbs.
Having a hint of mint flavor, not knowing the specific effects of the pills.
Xia Liu could determine the pills were successfully refined.
Soon, Xia Liu felt warmth in his belly, which later moved towards his whole body's meridians.
These must be for nourishing meridians, stabilizing Inner Origin.
"Very warm, feeling relaxed and pleasant."
Du Yan eagerly pursued.
"Seems like there's an energy moving inside, sometimes cooling my head, sometimes tingling my feet."
"Okay, that's right. Hold these two black pills, I'll return later for you to take them."
Nodding with satisfaction, Du Yan handed the remaining two black pills to Xia Liu, then went back inside.
Holding the black pills, Xia Liu had an ominous feeling.
The first time he could quietly use Spiritual Energy to wrap, but this time Du Yan would definitely observe him closely, how to use Spiritual Energy now?
Thinking as Du Yan reemerged.
Currently she wasn't in a good state, her lips pale, presumably due to overutilizing Divine Sense and exhausting Spiritual Energy.
"Miss Du, can I take these two pills now?"