Indeed, Bai Shengyi showed great displeasure at being lectured. She rolled her eyes on the spot.
"I'm willing, I like it, I want to try."
She rattled off a string of phrases, her tone casual and carefree, almost expressing her dissatisfaction with Duke Rong's unsolicited advice.
"Bai Shengyi! Grandpa is doing this for your own good!"
Duke Rong was about to lose his temper. He had finally realized that while his granddaughter was a genius, her personality was too wild and untamable.
"Old man, why are you shouting so loudly?" Bai Shengyi picked at her ear, her listless eyes seemingly holding a mocking smile. "I don't care for it."
Years ago, under the guise of "it's for your own good," when the seven or eight-year-old Bai Shengyi lost her sight, her father was away, and she was thrown into the desolate wilderness to study medicinal texts and imprints all night long...
It was said that as the future heir of the Bai family, she needed to be trained from a young age, so that blindness would not become a disadvantage, causing her to fall behind others.
Young Bai Shengyi endured it.
But what did she gain in return?
Bai Shengyi retracted her wandering thoughts, her gaze fixed on her medicine furnace. She no longer paid attention to Duke Rong.
Tier two spiritual medicine was indeed more difficult than tier one, but she wasn't acting blindly.
She had previously refined Sealed Spirit Powder in a hallucination and had a good grasp of the required medicinal quantities and spirit energy control.
Furthermore, she had just discovered that refining spiritual medicine not only didn't tire her but made her more energetic, as if the spiritual energy from these medicines was nourishing her.
This situation was unheard of to Bai Shengyi, and she wanted to confirm it further.
However, tier one spiritual medicine involved less spirit energy, so she could only try tier two.
"Gurgle..."
The medicine furnace emitted a strange odor. Bai Shengyi frowned slightly, extinguished the flame, and lifted the lid. The medicinal ingredients were scorched.
Duke Rong immediately found an opening to speak again.
"See, look at yourself, it's a failure! Shengyi, I know you're young and have your own ideas, but the facts prove that our words are correct."
"Grandpa will teach you to refine tier two in the future. Stop now, do you hear me? With your talent, refining tier two is only a matter of time, you..."
"Old man, can you please be quiet for a moment?" Bai Shengyi frowned slightly.
Although she was impatient, her tone was still relatively gentle.
Yet, even so, those few words were no less than a slap in Duke Rong's face.
After all, for so many years, none of the younger generation had dared to be disrespectful to him, let alone dare to find him "noisy."
Only she, Bai Shengyi, was utterly lawless and arrogant.
Duke Rong could no longer tolerate it. His Golden Core stage pressure surged towards Bai Shengyi: "Scoundrel! You've gone too far! Bai Shengyi, you are pushing my limits!"
He was determined to change her disposition today.
Such a defiant attitude, not only showing no sense of belonging to the Bai family but also disobeying his words, how could she possibly obediently work for the Bai family in the future!
Thinking this, Duke Rong's gaze turned cold.
"Clatter!"
Bai Shengyi placed the medicine furnace heavily back onto the tripod, her smile vanishing abruptly, her expression turning cold.
The Golden Core pressure hindered her movements and disrupted her blood circulation, instantly bringing back memories of unpleasant events. What else could this old man do besides constantly pressure her?
Bai Shengyi was enveloped in a chilling aura, saying coldly, "I should be the one saying that. Old man, don't try to sway my thoughts. Don't forget, it's the Bai family that needs me now, not the other way around."
The Bai family needed a genius heir.
She understood this point very clearly, hence her fearlessness.
After delivering her stern words, Bai Shengyi, with a somber expression, continued to select and process the medicinal ingredients, placing them into the furnace one by one in order, igniting the fire for a new round of refinement.
The firelight reflected on her face, quiet and indifferent.
Bai Shengyi had completely seen through Duke Rong's thoughts. His enraged face stiffened uncontrollably, but it was followed by even greater fury.
He flicked his sleeve and was about to storm out, "Fine! Fine! I'll see if you can survive without the Bai family..."
"Grandpa!"
Bai Sicheng quickly stopped Duke Rong, "Please don't be angry. Ayi is still young and ignorant. I'll talk to her later. Grandpa, we still need to trouble you to keep an eye on her today. What if later something happens..."
Bai Sicheng couldn't finish his words as he noticed Bai Shengyi's actions.
"It's done?"
Bai Sicheng stood frozen in place.
The rich medicinal fragrance powerfully permeated the entire courtyard, and even the exclamations of servants could be heard from outside.
"What is this fragrance? It's so comforting!"
"Heavens! My shoulder doesn't hurt anymore!"
"Is the third young lady refining an elixir?"
...
Most of the Bai family's servants were ordinary people, and the changes they felt were the most pronounced.
Especially those closer to the courtyard, they wished they could be transferred to the third young lady's courtyard to serve. Even without a monthly salary, just smelling the fragrance of the elixir every day would be a gain.
While there was noise outside, the courtyard fell into an eerie silence.
Duke Rong pushed Bai Sicheng aside and leaned over the medicine furnace, picking up a pinch of spiritual medicine powder and tasting it.
"It really is Tier Two Breaking Cold Powder!"
Duke Rong could hardly believe it.
Bai Shengyi actually refined it?
Fifteen years old, a quasi-tier two alchemist, this talent...
Duke Rong glanced at Bai Shengyi, then at the medicine furnace, repeatedly. Finally, with a tightly drawn face, he left without a word.
"What's wrong with him?" Bai Shengyi bottled the spiritual medicine, filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Bai Sicheng's expression was hard to describe. Could he say that Grandpa was too proud to admit defeat and had been hit hard?
"Grandpa might have other matters to attend to," Bai Sicheng dryly found an excuse for Duke Rong and changed the subject, "Ayi, what do you plan to do with these spiritual medicines? Are you going to sell them?"
"I can sell them?" Bai Shengyi was incredibly surprised.
Seeing Bai Shengyi's happy expression, Bai Sicheng also felt happy for her, saying with a gentle smile, "Of course, you can. Have you forgotten? We have our own spiritual medicine shops."
"Then Big Brother, this bottle is for you. Please help me sell the rest." Bai Shengyi handed all the tier one Breaking Cold Powder to Bai Sicheng.
Bai Sicheng accepted it good-naturedly. After hesitating for a moment, he still said, "Ayi, aren't you going to give Grandpa a bottle?"
Bai Shengyi smiled, "With my current skill, why would Grandpa look at it? Big Brother, you're joking."
Bai Shengyi's words were so well-phrased that Bai Sicheng found it difficult to persuade her further and left helplessly with the Haoyue bottle.
As soon as he left, Bai Shengyi returned to her room and collapsed.
"Why am I different from others? Am I being set up somewhere again?"
While being nourished by the spiritual medicine was good, not knowing the reason made Bai Shengyi feel somewhat uneasy.
The Samsara Pen flew out from her spiritual sea and saw its master with a worried frown, it couldn't bear to watch.
"Master, my dear Master, can you use your little brain? What kind of fire do others use, and what kind of fire do you use?"
"Don't just dismiss them because you see that the Ten Directions Nether Fire's temperature is lowered!"
The Samsara Pen's clamoring finally made Bai Shengyi remember that the effect of the Ten Directions Nether Fire was to remove residual impurities!
It was precisely because of this that her removal of impurities from medicinal ingredients was twice as effective, and her refining of medicine could also receive spiritual nourishment.
"Then, in that case, can I cultivate by simply refining medicine and pills from now on?"
Bai Shengyi stood up excitedly, her eyes shining.
"Yes," the Samsara Pen seized this opportunity to cajole, "If you find more fires, you might even gain more benefits. You are a born alchemist and medicine refiner..."
"Little Samsara, your words are quite sweet today." Bai Shengyi mused, realizing that the Samsara Pen was very eager to collect the Nine Divine Fires.
The Samsara Pen circled Bai Shengyi, "When has Bibi not been sweet!"
Qingmeng Vine seized the opportunity to seek attention, "Little Vine leaves are also sweet."
"Shut up!" Having its master's attention snatched away again, the Samsara Pen instantly became a grumpy pen.
Qingmeng Vine said aggrievedly, "Big Brother, I just want to talk to Master. Don't be angry."
The Samsara Pen became even more agitated, bumping Qingmeng Vine away with a stroke, and then nestling next to Bai Shengyi, "Master, it's getting dark, you should sleep." Don't pay attention to that vine.
Bai Shengyi watched the two creatures bicker at home and almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She suppressed herself with great effort and nodded, "Mhm, sleep, sleep. I'll wake up early tomorrow."
So much had been accomplished today that she felt an overwhelming sense of achievement, leading to a night of sweet dreams.
The next morning, Bai Shengyi was preparing to go out to find Uncle Bai Er, but as soon as she reached the doorway, she ran into Uncle Bai Er.