"So, shall we discuss the cooperation steps and profit-sharing next?"
After thinking for a mont, you said, "You’ll provide the materials, and I’ll be responsible for alchemy. Plus, there will only be one bottle per week, approximately twenty pills."
Xi Yu nodded, "Twenty pills is quite a lot already, so for the profit-sharing, how about we take three parts, and you take seven?"
You smiled and shook your head.
Xi Yu seed surprised, she hadn’t expected your appetite to be so large and tentatively asked, "What about two for us, eight for you?"
You still shook your head, with your smile growing broader.
Xi Yu fell silent for a mont before speaking with a hint of helplessness, "How about we take one part, and you take nine parts?"
Finally, you spoke, "It should be the other way around; I take one part, and you take nine parts."
Xi Yu was instantly taken aback, her mouth slightly agape, and for the first ti, her usually composed face showed a look of surprise.
This was also the first ti you saw such an expression on Xi Yu’s face and imdiately chuckled, "I’ve already said that my demand for money isn’t that high, and for , the toughest part about alchemy is finding the materials, not the alchemy process. After all, the Dan dicine you’re having produce is quite ordinary to ."
"But, taking only one part is too little, isn’t it?"
"Little? Not at all." You laughed, plucking two more grapes and popping them into your mouth while chewing and smiling, "It’s precisely because you have the gold-lettered sign of Luanfeng Pavilion that I expect each Dan dicine will sell for a high price. Just this one part of the profits will be enough for Zhao’er and to live a comfortable life. As for , I have no grand ambitions. After I graduate, I just want to find a stable job, buy a villa in a nice area, and live happily ever after with Zhao’er."
Xi Yu looked at you intently for a good dozen seconds before finally nodding, "Alright, I will discuss it with Miss Xian tomorrow."
"No need to discuss, let’s just go with that."
As you said this, you stood up, yawned, and glanced at your digital watch, sighing, "Ti really flies. I should head back to the dorm now. If it gets any later, the dorm matron will start nagging again."
"Aren’t you staying here tonight?" Xi Yu glanced at the room next to Zhao’er’s; all the girls had been keeping that room vacant for you.
"This is Ladies’ Ho, how could a big guy like stay here?" You smiled, "You should rest early, too."
With that, you walked toward the door.
Just as you were about to speak, the sound of the door opening ca from outside. You looked up to see Xian Qianling returning.
At this mont, Xian Qianling wasn’t her usual sprightly self. She appeared extrely weary, and even her under-eye bags seed sowhat darker.
Seeing her like this, your heart instinctively tightened.
Was it a pang of concern?
You weren’t sure, and of course, you didn’t dare to be sure.
"You’re back?"
Hearing your voice, Xian Qianling looked up at you, nodded, and without saying a word, headed towards the stairs.
"Wait a second."
You turned and called out to Xian Qianling.
"Hmm?"
Xian Qianling tilted her head slightly, her gaze sowhat blank as she looked at you.
Seeing her like this, your heart clenched again, and you sighed softly to yourself, then pulled out a small porcelain bottle from your chest and poured out a green Dan dicine pill.
You handed the pill to Xian Qianling and said, "Take it after you bathe."
Xian Qianling was first stunned, then her originally dull eyes suddenly sparkled with life. She imdiately said in annoyance, "Why is there only one? Give a few more."
"Do you think this is like chocolate beans, to have as many as you want?"
You rolled your eyes at the crazy woman, clearly irritated.
"Stingy!" Xian Qianling pouted, turned around, and very gently and carefully placed the Dan dicine in her palm, before quickly heading upstairs.
"Rember, you can’t eat seafood or any spicy food within a day after taking the Returning Yuan Pill."
"Nagging, I’ll eat however I like."
This stubborn crazy woman!
All of this was witnessed by Xi Yu, who, seeing Xian Qianling enter her room, smiled at you and said, "I have known Miss Xian for over ten years, and never have I seen her treat a man like this."
"Is that so? Maybe our fortunes clash. That crazy woman, nothing good ever cos from being involved with her."
"What did you just say?"
A crack opened in Xian Qianling’s room door, and her voice, which resembled an about-to-erupt lion, emanated from within.
"No, nothing, I’m heading back now, you guys continue chatting."
Saying that, you rushed out of the door as if fleeing.
Xi Yu watched your retreating figure with a light laugh, then sat back down and continued drinking her tea. Oh no, she had just picked up the teacup but put it down again, instead grabbing the boiled water you had poured for her, and sipped it slowly while watching the TV...
It was already past ten when you left Ladies’ Ho.
Once you left the residential area, you walked alone on the street.
Today, a cold front moved south, and the temperature in Yuhang City suddenly dropped to around ten degrees. By this ti, there were hardly any people out and about on the road.
Your body, having been reshaped by the Star Stealing Life-changing Talisman, now possessed a great resistance to natural environnts. You noticed that people on the road were already wearing thick coats, whereas you were still just wearing a long-sleeve shirt and a jacket on top. If it wasn’t for not wanting to draw undue attention, you might even have left the jacket at ho.
The number of people dwindled, and when you could no longer see anyone, you suddenly felt sothing flash behind you. You turned your head to look but found nothing.
After walking another ten ters or so, sothing flashed by quickly again.
Tch, starting to get annoyed, weren’t you?
In the middle of the night, walking alone on an empty road, you always seed to run into these strange things.
Just as you thought this, the Sen Luo Curse Mark appeared in your pupils in the blink of an eye.
To the left were rows of shops. By this late hour, only two or three small stores were still open, but they were custorless. The shopkeepers were huddled behind the counter, watching videos on their cell phones.
To the right were also so small shops, but they had already closed. However, it seed there was an alley there, and by the entrance, there was a lamp post.
Only then did you notice that next to the lamp post, in a corner, stood a vase with so white lilies in it, and in front of the vase, there was an iron basin filled with ashes that had already been burned to a cinder.
The wind picked up.
The night’s cold breeze whipped up the ashes from the basin, swirling them around the entrance of the alley, before carrying them to a place further and higher.
At that mont, at the mouth of the alley, you seed to see a petite figure.
Narrowing your brows slightly, you sighed softly and slowly made your way over.
As you reached under the lamp post and were a step away from the alley entrance, suddenly, a massive shadow lunged at you!
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