Zi Linling glared at Situ Yunfeng irritably, asking, "Which eye of yours saw me getting angry?"
"Ah..."
Situ Yunfeng's mouth fell open in surprise. "You're really not angry?"
"Why would I be angry?"
Zi Linling said speechlessly, "If they don't let me treat them, it's their loss. So why should I be angry?"
Situ Yunfeng froze for a moment, then the worry on his face vanished, replaced by a beaming smile. "Exactly! If they don't let my Little Lingling treat them, it's their loss!"
Xue Ying had been worried that Zi Linling might feel upset about being looked down upon. Now, it seemed her concern was somewhat unnecessary.
She let out a sigh of relief and asked, "Miss, what do we do next?"
Situ Yunfeng squeezed between Zi Linling and Xue Ying, grinning cheekily, "Yeah, Little Lingling, what do we do next?"
Zi Linling was even more speechless. "What do we do? Nothing at all!"
"Nothing at all?"
"Nothing at all?"
Situ Yunfeng and Xue Ying were both taken aback simultaneously.
Zi Linling nodded. "How about this? I need to refine Qi Gathering Pills. Let's go to the Water Moon Merchant Guild first to see if they have the herbs I need."
"Alright, Miss!"
Xue Ying already knew about Zi Linling refining Body Tempering Pills and Marrow Cleansing Pills a few days ago, so she wasn't surprised.
But Situ Yunfeng's eyes widened in astonishment. "Refine Qi Gathering Pills? You can refine pills?"
He almost bit his tongue in his shock.
Zi Linling nodded calmly, as if being able to refine pills was a perfectly ordinary matter, nothing to be amazed about.
Xue Ying, however, looked proudly at Situ Yunfeng and said, "What's so surprising about my lady being able to refine pills?"
Yet, she forgot that the first time she learned Zi Linling could refine pills, her astonishment was even greater than Situ Yunfeng's current reaction.
Situ Yunfeng asked uncertainly, "Little Lingling, you really know how to refine pills?"
Xue Ying rolled her eyes at him. "If she knows, she knows. Is there a difference between real and fake?"
Zi Linling was even more direct. She took out the porcelain bottle containing Marrow Cleansing Pills from her Nine Spirit Ring and poured out the blood-red pills.
A rich medicinal fragrance wafted into Situ Yunfeng's nostrils.
"Marrow Cleansing Pills!"
Situ Yunfeng's tongue seemed to have gotten tangled. "Little Lingling, did you refine these?"
Zi Linling put away the Marrow Cleansing Pills and nodded. "Genuine!"
Situ Yunfeng instantly felt a sense of deep hurt.
An alchemist! That was an alchemist!
To become an alchemist, one must first reach the pinnacle of physicianhood!
And to reach the pinnacle of physicianhood, one must go through seven stages: apprentice physician, junior physician, physician, scholar physician, master physician, grand physician, and pinnacle physician. The difficulty of breaking through each stage was more than ten times that of a spiritual cultivator.
This was why only Situ Jing Lei had emerged as an alchemist among the Four Great Empires.
Situ Yunfeng, who had been dealing with medicinal ingredients since birth, spent fifteen years climbing step by step to the pinnacle of physicianhood. Then, under the guidance of his father, Situ Jing Lei, he spent another two years to touch the threshold of alchemy.
Even so, he was hailed as a once-in-a-thousand-years medical genius. Yet Zi Linling, who was only twelve years old, could already refine pills, and such a difficult one as Marrow Cleansing Pills. What kind of heaven-defying talent was required for this?
How could Situ Yunfeng, who had worked himself to death just to touch the threshold of alchemy, compare?
A waste? Who said that?
Although Marrow Cleansing Pills were considered beginner-level pills, they were universally recognized as the most difficult pills to refine, without exception.
Could an alchemist capable of refining Marrow Cleansing Pills be a waste?
Situ Yunfeng now wished he could give the person who called Zi Linling a waste a hundred kicks and then curse them, "Damn it! You're the waste! Your whole family are wastes!"
Zi Linling suddenly noticed that Situ Yunfeng had been silent for a long time, looking dejected. She became concerned.
"Situ? What's wrong?"
Situ Yunfeng glanced at her, then awkwardly turned his face away, thinking, "What could be wrong with me? I'm just stimulated by you! No, I'll return to Medicine King Valley right now and refine pills. I won't come out until I break through to become an alchemist!"
"Right, I won't come out until I become an alchemist!" Situ Yunfeng secretly resolved.
How could Zi Linling know that one of her Marrow Cleansing Pills had inspired an alchemist!
As soon as Situ Yunfeng had the thought, he acted. He cast a reluctant glance at Zi Linling and said, "Little Lingling, I have something urgent to attend to back at Medicine King Valley, so I can't accompany you to the merchant guild."
Zi Linling looked at his hurried demeanor and nodded. "Then be careful!"
Situ Yunfeng nodded, took out a strange stone from his embrace, and handed it to Zi Linling. "This is a sound transmission stone. I've already imprinted my mark on it. If you have an urgent matter, you can contact me directly through this."
Zi Linling picked up the sound transmission stone and looked at it from left to right, unsure how to use it.
Situ Yunfeng saw her confusion and said, "When using it, use your spiritual energy to light up my imprint, then just speak."
He then demonstrated it to Zi Linling.
Zi Linling discovered that this thing was quite similar to the mobile phones she used in her past life, so she quickly learned how to use it.
Seeing that she had learned, Situ Yunfeng smiled and said, "Little Lingling, I'm leaving. Don't forget to miss me."
Zi Linling's face immediately darkened.
Situ Yunfeng, sensing trouble, quickly circulated his spiritual energy and sped away.
"Little Lingling, wait for me to come back!"
Situ Yunfeng's teasing voice lingered in the air.
Zi Linling's expression turned even darker, but Situ Yunfeng had long since vanished, leaving her with nothing but anger.
"Miss, who is this Young Master Situ?"
Xue Ying asked, looking in the direction Situ Yunfeng had fled.
Zi Linling gritted her teeth. "The Young Master of Medicine King Valley!"
Medicine King Valley? Young Master?
Xue Ying's heart suddenly turned cold. "Why are the people around Miss all so terrifying? One Netherworld King Ye Lingyuan wasn't enough, and now there's the Young Master of Medicine King Valley? Looking at it this way, only that Young Master Shen seems relatively normal."
Of course, this was because Xue Ying didn't know Shen Liuxing's true identity yet. If she knew he was the young master of the Shen family from the Azure Dragon Empire, would she still consider Shen Liuxing normal?
Oh no!
Xue Ying thought to herself.
She had actually spoken back to the famously eccentric Young Master of Medicine King Valley! But strangely, Situ Yunfeng, who was known for his foul temper, didn't hold it against her? Sudancn.com
Why was that?
Xue Ying tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then her eyes suddenly lit up. "Miss, could it be that this Young Master Situ likes you?"