Bai Shengyi could not manage to get any sleep. In fact, she had lost all drowsiness due to the boisterous Qiong Meng Teng.
"Master, boss, hurry and look, what is this?"
Qiong Meng Teng had a knack for tidying things up. In no time, it had the courtyard neat and orderly. It got carried away with cleaning and went to sort out the seemingly abandoned rooms. While cleaning, it unearthed something that looked like a three-legged cauldron.
It happily sought praise from Bai Shengyi, "Master, didn't you say you wanted to practice alchemy? This is perfect. It looks quite sturdy."
The Reincarnation Brush watched it court disaster in silence.
Having been by Bai Shengyi's side for so long, the Reincarnation Brush had come to understand her. When this woman was resting, one absolutely could not disturb her, or she would become extremely, extremely, extremely irritable.
As expected.
Bai Shengyi roared, "Go awayyyy! Don't bother me!"
Qiong Meng Teng was so frightened that its leaves trembled thrice.
It stammered, "I... Master... I..."
Bai Shengyi got out of bed with a blank expression.
Qiong Meng Teng curled into a ball and squatted in a corner, not daring to speak.
"Alchemy?" Bai Shengyi asked.
Qiong Meng Teng quickly nodded and presented the three-legged cauldron to Bai Shengyi. Bai Shengyi glanced at it, rubbed her temples, and indeed, it was exactly the same in structure as the alchemical furnace in the illusion, only its texture appeared a little duller and thicker.
The moment Bai Shengyi touched it, memories flooded her mind. This was one of the birthday gifts her so-called father had given her. After the original owner lost her sight, knowing that her chances of practicing alchemy were slim, she had put it away.
Bai Shengyi had learned so much about alchemy in the illusion and had always wanted to practice, but an alchemical furnace alone cost at least 100 mid-grade spirit stones. Bai Shengyi could only retreat, postponing her idea for the time being.
Now, it seemed she could give it a try.
"Master, how is it?" Qiong Meng Teng asked tremblingly, "Don't keep that stern face, it's so scary."
Bai Shengyi patted its little leaf and said, "It's useful. This time, you get credit. Little Vine Leaf, you continue tidying."
"Alright!" Praised by Bai Shengyi, Qiong Meng Teng rushed out excitedly.
The Reincarnation Brush said, "You really know how to fool them." It had learned the various uses of Qiong Meng Teng from Bai Shengyi.
"One is willing to hit, the other is willing to be hit."
Bai Shengyi yawned, put the alchemical furnace away, rolled up her sleeves, and took out materials from her storage bag. "Fortunately, I had the self-awareness of my poverty back then and didn't forget to collect the materials for the Cold Breaking Powder on the way back. Let's try making Cold Breaking Powder today."
As the most basic spiritual medicine recipe on the Divine Revelation Continent, the raw materials for Cold Breaking Powder were also very simple. Although Bai Shengyi was not familiar with the actual items, she couldn't help it that Chu Tianle and Luo Feihua were both talents nurtured by noble families. With their help along the way, she had collected quite a bit, enough for her to experiment.
"Actually, compared to alchemy, I'm more interested in pill refinement. I think I could be a pill refiner, but unfortunately, there are too few pill formulas circulating outside..."
Bai Shengyi muttered as she processed the medicinal ingredients. After finishing, she snapped her fingers, and a faint blue flame appeared on her fingertips, crystal clear and bright.
"Hey! Wait, have the Ten Directions Netherfire lower the flame temperature, otherwise, your alchemical furnace will be scrapped directly."
The Reincarnation Brush hurriedly reminded Bai Shengyi as she prepared to directly apply the flame to the alchemical furnace.
"Oh, I forgot. Thank you, Little Reincarnation."
Bai Shengyi lowered the flame temperature to its lowest. Only when the blue fire turned into ordinary orange-red flames did Bai Shengyi flick her finger gently, allowing it to land at the bottom of the alchemical furnace.
"It's starting!"
She concentrated her mind and, following what she had learned in the illusion, first used her spiritual power to meticulously remove impurities from the spiritual herbs, then placed the spiritual herbs into the alchemical furnace in sequence, and controlled the burning of the spiritual herbs with the spiritual fire...
A faint crackling sound came from the alchemical furnace. Bai Shengyi felt something was wrong and was about to stop and check when she heard the roar of Duke Rong from outside.
"Bai Shengyi! Why did you lie to your elder brother!" Duke Rong kicked open the courtyard gate with a bang and rushed in from outside in a whirlwind.
Before he could even see Bai Shengyi, he saw an alchemical furnace whistling towards him from not far away.
Duke Rong instinctively reached out to brush it aside, but...
"Boom!"
The alchemical furnace exploded instantly. Duke Rong, caught completely off guard, ended up with a wild explosion of hair!
Bai Sicheng was also inevitably affected. His face and body were covered in soot, and there was no trace of his gentle and elegant demeanor!
"Bai Shengyi!" Duke Rong, so enraged that his black beard bristled, gathered his water spiritual energy into a long water dragon and struck Bai Shengyi with his palm.
Bai Shengyi was prepared. The Reincarnation Brush swiped through the air, effortlessly shattering the spiritual energy.
"You've reached Foundation Establishment!" Duke Rong stared at Bai Shengyi in astonishment, a storm raging in his heart!
How could Bai Shengyi have broken through and advanced so quickly?
He remembered that the last time he saw Bai Shengyi, she seemed to be only at the sixth level of Qi Condensation, and that was after she had advanced two levels in front of him.
What kind of talent could allow her to advance further in less than three months?
Duke Rong's thoughts churned, and his expression inevitably softened. However, he still said with a grim face, "Shengyi, why didn't you tell the family after reaching Foundation Establishment."
"There was no need." Bai Shengyi walked to the side and inspected the exploded alchemical furnace. Finding that it was still usable, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Bai Shengyi paid him no mind at all, Duke Rong's anger flared up again.
"How can there be no need! I don't think you need to be the young master of the Bai family either. You can't even tolerate your own sister and have developed the bad habit of lying. You are simply unworthy of being the heir of the Bai family."
Bai Shengyi let out a cold snort. She wasn't afraid of Duke Rong when she was in the Qi Condensation stage, and she certainly wouldn't let him bully her now.
"What you said is hilarious. I have absolutely no interest in the so-called young master heir of the Bai family. As for Bai Murong, she tried to kill me, so why should I tolerate her? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Bai Shengyi rolled her eyes. "It's already out of consideration for Mom and Dad that I didn't kill her. As for lying, it's even more ridiculous. I, Bai Shengyi, am too lazy to bother with people who aren't important."
"Also, old man, I advise you to open your eyes and take a good look at what your dear Rong'er is truly like. Mistaking a common stone for a pearl only makes people find it truly laughable."
As Bai Shengyi spoke, she started laughing at herself, the corners of her lips curved, like a little fox.
"Bai Shengyi!"
Duke Rong's face turned red all the way to his neck. Yet, he saw that Bai Shengyi was not afraid of him at all, nor did she take his angry roar to heart. She calmly and steadily righted the alchemical furnace and was already processing medicinal ingredients.
Duke Rong immediately realized that she was going to refine Cold Breaking Powder.
He watched as her movements were skilled and smooth, making her look nothing like a novice. It was as if she had practiced hundreds or thousands of times. Her actions were concise and to the point, her flame temperature control was precise, and the removal of impurities from the medicinal ingredients was flawless...
Duke Rong's eyes widened. He had completely forgotten his anger and didn't even notice how perverted it was to stare intently at the alchemical furnace with his soot-covered, explosive hair. He only stared fixedly at Bai Shengyi's alchemical furnace.