Zhou Xinlian came up with an idea for Madam He to fall ill and beg He Feng to release Zhou Yufeng. Of course, it wasn't easy to pretend to be ill, but falling ill from longing was a mental illness. No doctors or pills could cure it.
Zhou Xinlian knew how to refine pills. She refined a pill that would make people pale after taking it and gave it to Madam He. Because it wasn't poison, He Feng sent doctors and alchemists to check it out, but they didn't find anything wrong with it. However, Madam He's pale face and weak appearance were real. It fit the description of her falling ill from longing.
He Feng was very disappointed in his sister. Even if he couldn't find the inside story, he could guess that she wanted Zhou Yufeng to come back.
Originally, He Feng had some thoughts of disciplining his nephew, but since Madam He was so insensible, he didn't care anymore. Anyway, they were going to the Luo continent in a few months. Since his sister and he weren't on the same side, they would go their separate ways in the future.
Zhou Yufeng was released. When he came home from the army, he complained a lot in front of his parents. Madam He was very distressed and dissatisfied with He Feng. However, now that He Yunfei's illness was cured, they didn't have the chance to inherit the city lord's mansion. Naturally, they didn't dare to express their dissatisfaction.
Madam He then introduced Zhou Xinlian to Zhou Yufeng. There was no one who didn't know Zhou Xinlian. Zhou Yufeng had watched the Shadow Recording Stone from start to finish without even blinking. Now that he saw the real person, he was actually shamelessly lusting after her!
They were cousins, so of course, they couldn't fool around together. However, this didn't prevent Zhou Yufeng from flirting and teasing his cousin. When he found out that it was Zhou Xinlian who saved him, he liked Zhou Xinlian even more. He was disgusted by Zhou Xinlian.
Seeing this, Madam He hurriedly took her son back to the room to recuperate. After suffering in the army, he had to enjoy himself when he came back. She thanked Zhou Xinlian again, cheerfully as if she liked this niece very much, which made Zhou Xinlian feel a lot more comfortable and even a little proud.
She learned a lot of alchemy from Madam Chu and learned a lot from her. She also learned a lot from the Wei family through Wei Lingxiao. She was very strong, so she could help Madam He. There weren't many alchemists in the South Shore Continent. She felt that her strength was enough to become a respected alchemist. When she had good pills, who would go against pills? Naturally, his malice towards her would lessen.
This was the difference between relying on a clan and being an Itinerant Cultivator. Otherwise, why would she try so hard to curry favor with the Wei Clan and try so hard to marry into the Wei Clan?
Especially in the cultivation world, where the strong preyed on the weak. If she acted alone, even if she invaded the Chu family's treasure mountain, she would be killed and robbed. She would not be able to cultivate in peace. With a clan, no one would dare to provoke them, and they could even enjoy the resources that their clan had accumulated for generations.
Once she washed away some of the stigma in Sea City and returned to the Imperial City as a junior of the City Lord's family, her chances of entering the Wei Clan would be much higher. Wei Lingxiao was a talent after all. She was about to reach the Golden Core Stage. When they went to the Luo Continent together, with Wei Lingxiao's protection, she would be able to settle down in the Luo Continent.
As for the future, the path of cultivation was still long. Who knew what would happen in the future? Everything would have to wait until she arrived at the Luo Continent.
Zhou Xinlian only had a few spirit stones and a few magic tools left. She was anxious to get some good stuff. She had just saved Zhou Yufeng and felt that she had helped a lot. She wanted to ask Madame He to give her something. Who knew that not only did Madame He not give her anything, but she also tested whether she had swallowed the Chu family!
Only then did Zhou Xinlian know why Madame He had taken her in so easily. It was not only for Zhou Yufeng, but also for the Chu family's treasures. No matter how she looked at it, only she and Wei Lingxiao had touched the treasures. Even if the Wei family had swallowed the majority, she should have gotten a lot, right? The Chu family was so big. They were rich and powerful.
Zhou Xinlian's denial made Madame He unhappy. Even if she took out all the things in her storage ring, others would think that she had hidden the treasures elsewhere. No one would believe that she was poor. Even if she did not embezzle the Chu family's treasures in the end, she had lived in the Chu family for ten years. Her cultivation had improved so quickly. Her life was very good. How could the Chu family not give her good things?
Zhou Xinlian was speechless. The Chu family did give her some, but she could not take everything with her. When she left that day, her room was empty. Not even a curtain was left. How could she have any good things?
Because of this, the fake friendship between Zhou Xinlian and Madame He collapsed. They were even a little stiff. Zhou Xinlian wanted to get close to He Feng through Madame He. If she could be accepted by He Feng or He Yunfei, she would be the junior of the city lord.
In the end, Madame He did not take anything from her. She had a lot of opinions about her and had no intention of bringing her to the He family. Of course, He Feng was busy recently and did not have time to pay attention to her. Even Madame He went to the He family several times but did not see her.
Zhou Xinlian could only give up for now. She focused on refining pills. She sold the pills she refined and exchanged them for spirit stones. She bought herbs and plants back to refine. She had accumulated some spirit stones. However, she had obtained the entire Chu family before. These spirit stones were like mosquito meat. She did not even want to look at them. She would only show her face in front of the city lord during the alchemy competition.
Chu Xiang knew that Zhou Xinlian was doing these things in the Zhou family, so she did not care. This time, she went to the Blue Sea Region. Everyone knew that she was very good at teaching people. Although she was young, she had a lot of experience in fighting.
For a time, the city lord's mansion was as busy as a marketplace. People came to see Chu Xiang and asked for her guidance in cultivation. However, the fertile water should not flow into the fields of others. How could He Feng let an outsider take advantage of such a good thing? His son's body finally recovered. He was anxious to let his son improve his cultivation. After all, only cultivators in the Foundation Building stage could be selected in the Luo Continent. He Yunfei was only in the middle stage of Qi Refining. It was very difficult for him to build his foundation in a few months.
After He Feng knew about Chu Xiang's ability, he personally asked Chu Xiang to teach He Yunfei. Of course, he sent gifts to Chu Xiang in batches. Chu Xiang had mines in her space, so she was very rich. However, she could not just sit there and eat. She liked He Feng very much. She simply stayed in the city lord's mansion and became a "master".
She not only taught He Yunfei, but also taught Luo Yu, Master Luo, and Ling Hongzhu and her son.
When they came back from the Blue Sea Region, Ling Hongzhu sold the blue shark beast materials to Chu Xiang and got a lot of spirit stones. This news was spread along with the Photostone. Ling Hongzhu's ex-husband's family quickly found her and asked her to compensate for the family's losses. Ling Hongzhu's seven-year-old child was so scared that she cried loudly. Ling Hongzhu directly fought with her ex-husband. It was Chu Xiang who happened to pass by and saw it and helped her settle it.
Ling Hongzhu was of Western Desert descent. She was tall, had a good figure, and was very beautiful. In Chu Xiang's eyes, she was very beautiful. However, for the people of the South Coast Continent, she was unfaithful. Even though they were all cultivators, most of the people in the South Coast Continent were ordinary people ruled by the royal family. Living in such an environment, many of the cultivators' habits were the same as ordinary people. If Ling Hongzhu's ex-husband did not like her and wanted to marry her, the family would not have accepted her at all.
However, the husband's heart changed easily. When Ling Hongzhu was pregnant, her ex-husband betrayed her. However, she did not know that when the child was one year old, her ex-husband came back with a pregnant woman.
Ling Hongzhu was furious. She immediately fought with them and damaged many things in the house. Later, the family wanted to divorce her, but they did not allow her to take the child away. She fought with them for several years and finally got the child back two years ago. However, she had no choice but to agree to the family's conditions and compensate them a large sum of money.
This was the reason why she wore tattered clothes when she was in the Foundation Establishment realm. In order to repay this debt, she worked hard but could not live a good life. For the sake of her child, she did not dare to go to dangerous places. Repaying the debt was even more difficult. Fortunately, she had met Chu Xiang. She did not know why Chu Xiang had chosen her out of all the people on the island, but she was especially grateful to Chu Xiang. This time, she could finally repay the rest of her debt.
However, that family was despicable and shameless. Seeing that she seemed to have become stronger in the Image-Recording Stone, they wanted to continue to cheat her. After paying the debt, they wanted to snatch the child away. They wanted to use the child to control her. In any case, she alone could not fight against a mid-level family.
They had thought well of it. Such things really did happen in the cultivation world. Unfortunately, they had met Chu Xiang. How could Chu Xiang let the person she had taken a liking to be wronged? She had beaten them until they were afraid, and had even compensated Ling Hongzhu.
Wasn't it just bullying the weak? They could do it, as if others could not do it.
Chu Xiang had saved Ling Hongzhu and her child from danger. Ling Hongzhu immediately bowed to Chu Xiang, expressing her loyalty to Chu Xiang. The torture of the past few years had exhausted her body and mind. She admired Chu Xiang's strength, and she was willing to submit.
So now, Ling Hongzhu and her seven year old son, Ling Dong, were living in the City Lord's Mansion. They were lucky enough to be guided by Chu Xiang in cultivation.
Jin Zhen watched them cultivate, and also wanted Chu Xiang to give him some pointers. However, he did not have much to teach. He was simple-minded and pure, and his cultivation speed was extremely fast. If not for the fact that he had been engrossed in refining tools these past few years, and had encountered bottlenecks, he might have already reached the Nascent Soul stage.
So Chu Xiang ignored him, and he went to participate in the Tool Refining Competition. In the entire South Shore Continent, he was the best at refining tools. It was simply bullying if he participated.
In previous years, he had never participated. In any case, the tools he refined were not for sale, and they were hard to come by. He did not need to prove himself through this competition. This time, everyone was shocked when they saw him. He bluntly said that he had broken through his bottleneck with the help of "Miss Lin Mu". This time, he wanted to let the other tool refiners observe him. How much they could learn would depend on their luck.
His words were arrogant, but no one thought it was wrong. He was the strongest in the South Shore Continent, and he had the right to be arrogant.
As a result, the blacksmithing competition became a one-sided crushing for Jin Zhen. Every movement of his blacksmithing was as smooth as flowing water, as if it had its own mysterious trajectory. Everyone who looked at his blacksmithing felt that it was a kind of admiration. The other blacksmiths were simply not enough to look at in front of him. The things they refined were like children playing house.
In fact, the tools they refined were not bad. They were the more expensive tools on the market. But every time Jin Zhen refined a high-grade magic tool, how could they compare to him?!
In the end, the competition evolved into a scene where Jin Zhen imparted knowledge, and the other tool refiners learned. Of course, Jin Zhen did not have the patience to teach them in detail. Some of them requested to record the process with a Shadow Recording Stone, and Jin Zhen agreed. He did not care about this. Anyway, whether others refined well or not had nothing to do with him.
This caused the Tool Refining Competition to last for half a month. When it ended, the tool refiners were very reluctant. After all, they did not always have the opportunity to see a master perform the process of refining tools. However, when Jin Zhen heard that Chu Xiang wanted to refine a few defensive tools, he immediately ran back to his residence to refine tools. Why would he care about these irrelevant people outside?
Zhou Xinlian saw that the Tool Refining Competition was finally over and heaved a sigh of relief. She had been waiting for the Pill Refining Competition. In the end, she had to wait for half a month because of Jin Zhen. Wei Lingxiao was seriously injured and returned to the Imperial City. She was afraid that if she delayed too long, their feelings would fade. At that time, she might not be selected to go to the Luo Continent. If she went, there would be no one to protect her. Then, her gains would not make up for her losses. It would be better to stay in the Imperial City.
Now that the Pill Refining Competition was finally here, Zhou Xinlian participated in it confidently. She was wearing a veil hat and no one knew who she was. She was not at all eye-catching among the dozens of other alchemists. She also paid special attention to Lin Mu's name. When she found that Lin Mu did not participate, she was relieved. As for Luo Yu, who was next to Lin Mu, she did not feel anything. After all, she had not heard of Luo Yu's alchemy skills. Since no one knew that Luo Yu was an alchemist, she must be here to make up the numbers.
As a result, when the Pill Refining Competition started, Luo Yu applied to change to the seat next to her. No one knew why, but everyone was spaced apart and did not disturb each other. It was not a big deal to change seats. Luo Yu was still with Lin Mu, so of course, the person in charge was changed.
After that, before Zhou Xinlian finished refining the first batch, she smelled a very nice medicinal fragrance. It was a high-grade Restorative Panacea!
She turned her head in astonishment and found that Luo Yu was very calm and skillfully putting away the high-grade Restorative Panacea. There was not a trace of joy on her face. She was also not affected by the discussion of the surrounding audience. It was as if refining a high-grade Restorative Panacea was a normal thing.
Luo Yu put away the Restorative Panacea and started to pick the medicinal plants again. Zhou Xinlian could tell that she was planning to refine a higher-grade medicinal pill. She thought to herself, Could it be that this person was not a rogue cultivator? Why did it seem like she knew a lot of pill recipes?
With a "bang", Zhou Xinlian's cauldron of pills was destroyed.
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