Chen Nan was certain.
This incense burner must belong to a cultivator in the Hua Xing Realm.
He had never used this incense burner before.
Furthermore, the maids and servants in his manor wouldn't barge into his room.
It was impossible for them to have added a new incense burner for him.
"Not talking, huh?"
"Fine!"
"Don't regret it!"
Chen Nan was furious.
Although he didn't think he could defeat a Hua Xing Realm expert.
With his current abilities,
He could guarantee to disgust them for a lifetime.
*Snap!*
He snapped his fingers.
The next second.
The incense burner vanished into thin air.
Immediately after.
A desperate scream echoed from the latrine: "Holy crap, why did the privy explode?"
Without a second thought.
He didn't even pull up his pants and ran out of the latrine in a panic.
His body was covered in excrement and urine.
Seeing Chen Nan appear, Guo Yu's face turned ashen: "Big brother, I was ambushed."
"Someone ambushed me while I was using the privy, and the privy just exploded!"
"It's too damn disgusting!"
"Despicable, shameless, and utterly without bottom!"
He had just finished his medicinal bath and his stomach felt a bit uneasy.
He thought he'd just use the privy to relieve himself.
But as soon as he squatted down.
He felt as if something heavy had been thrown into the privy.
With a *plop*.
It was terrifying.
Chen Nan looked embarrassed.
He hadn't expected Guo Yu to be using the latrine.
Chen Nan cleared his throat: "Go rinse yourself off first."
Guo Yu nodded.
Of course, he needed to wash thoroughly.
Chen Nan stared in the direction of the latrine, his gaze gradually deepening.
He couldn't understand one thing.
Why hadn't that Hua Xing Realm expert appeared yet?
Was he choked?
*Hoo!*
Suddenly.
An eagle's sharp cry pierced the night.
An eagle, its wings smeared with excrement and urine, took to the sky.
It glared angrily at Chen Nan before disappearing from his sight.
"What in the world is going on?"
"Why did this Hua Xing Realm expert just flee?"
"Why didn't he just kill me directly?"
"What was he afraid of?"
Chen Nan was utterly perplexed.
Even though the other party had fled,
He had to admit, he would have preferred a fight.
Because he had no idea what the Hua Xing Realm expert was thinking.
Being targeted by a mysterious Hua Xing Realm expert.
Was a very passive situation.
No one knew what the other party's intentions were.
It left him feeling like a lump in his throat.
"Thankfully, Mother has gone to the Chen family."
"As long as I'm careful, I shouldn't be harmed by that mysterious Hua Xing Realm expert."
The night passed uneventfully.
The next morning.
After eating breakfast on the street, Chen Nan and Guo Yu went to the place where penicillin was being cultivated.
The Ma family had already delivered a large amount of vegetables.
They were being unloaded in an orderly fashion.
After all the potatoes and cabbages were unloaded.
Chen Nan and the others carried these vegetables into the house and arranged them.
They were busy until noon before finishing.
At that moment.
Guo Yu walked over with a glass bottle: "Big brother, I just found a pill in a cabbage. Did you lose this?"
Guo Yu didn't recognize the Soul Gathering Pill.
But he recognized the glass bottle that contained the pill.
It was identical to the one Chen Nan had given him yesterday.
"Good heavens, what's going on?"
Seeing the Soul Gathering Pill he had sold to Qingyun Tower yesterday returned to him.
Even Chen Nan, as astute as he was, was a bit bewildered.
Why was this pill hidden in a cabbage?
And why had it returned to his hand?
He soon had an idea.
If his guess was correct.
The Ma family, in their attempt to curry favor with him.
Had deliberately bought this pill from Qingyun Tower.
After all, he had already reached the seventh level of the Cai Yin Realm.
He would eventually need a Soul Gathering Pill.
Normally speaking.
Breaking through the bottleneck of the Cai Yin Realm was difficult.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was one in ten thousand.
But with a pill, it would become much easier.
They wanted to use this pill to bribe him!
The intention was good.
However.
This pill was actually refined by him.
"I don't need this pill either. I'll sell it to Qingyun Tower when I have time!"
Getting double the benefit from a single pill was very satisfying.
He put the pill away and said, "You go to the Ma family later."
"Find a way to tell Ma Sanyuan that I'll be eating at Huajian Fu tonight."
Guo Yu couldn't help but ask, "Are you meeting Ma Sanyuan for dinner?"
He disliked the Ma family.
He didn't like Chen Nan being so close to the Ma family.
But he remembered what Chen Nan had told him before.
Always trust him unconditionally.
Chen Nan shook his head: "Arranging a meal is too conspicuous. It's better to have a chance encounter."
He was now a fifth-level Yin Messenger.
Every word and action would be scrutinized.
If he arranged to have dinner with Ma Sanyuan.
It would surely spark gossip.
Even if his reputation was good.
Being seen with the Ma family would definitely lead to criticism.
But a chance encounter was different.
Even if it was discovered, it wouldn't have any impact.
After Guo Yu left.
Chen Nan called Wu Wangshi and the others together and said, "Sister-in-law, the Ma family no longer dares to cause trouble for us. My intention is simple: I will teach you all the methods for cultivating penicillin."
"This way, you can extract it yourselves, and it will save me from being delayed by other matters."
"Also, I plan to build several large factories specifically for extracting penicillin."
"You will be the core leadership then."
His house, though not small,
Could only cultivate a limited amount of penicillin each time.
To grow and become stronger.
The scale had to be expanded.
Of course.
The Xia family had to be involved.
After all, he couldn't forget Xia Hou.
He had to bring the Xia family along for glory.
Hearing Chen Nan's words.
Wu Wangshi and the others did not refuse.
They gladly accepted Chen Nan's proposal.
After assigning some tasks, Chen Nan headed to the county yamen.
He needed to find Han Zongyuan and ask him to assign the project of building the dock to the Leng family.
Along the way, he encountered many citizens of the city.
They all greeted him respectfully and politely.
Some even offered him snacks.
After all, if Chen Nan hadn't risked his life to open the floodgates.
Before they could finish expanding the river channel, the city would have been flooded.
They all respected Chen Nan from the bottom of their hearts.
Of course.
Chen Nan didn't accept the gifts for free; he paid for them.
Although they refused,
He used his spatial domain.
To silently put the money into their pockets.
Although his beautiful sister Du Yuan had warned him not to use his spatial domain casually.
Ordinary people wouldn't be able to sense anything.
Just as Chen Nan was heading to the county yamen, passing by an inn.
He keenly noticed.
Someone was watching him from a high vantage point.
He turned his head to look.
A familiar face appeared, smiling at him from above.
Seeing him.
Chen Nan was stunned.
He hadn't expected him to be in Tongcheng at all.
He soared into the air and flew into Yuan Zun's room through the window, asking in surprise, "Lord Yuan, why are you in Tongcheng? Are you on a private visit or on official business?"
"Wait, you've actually entered the Hua Xing Realm?"