I am a mortal who has achieved enlightenment through burning my secrets

Chapter 326 Xiao Yu
Back in her room, Xiao Xun'er immediately locked herself in, and lying on the bed, she couldn't calm herself down no matter what.

"Horse X worm..."

"Slut..."

The harsh words echoed in her mind again and again, keeping her awake for a long time.

As the night wore on, Xiao Xun'er finally succumbed to exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep. Then she had a strange dream.

In her dream, she became an unwanted dog, often begging for food on busy streets and being petted by people.

Springtime is the hardest time for her because she is in heat, but none of her kind are interested in her, so she can only desperately crave more.

Finally, the dream is over!

……

On the other side, Xiao Wuji, who had enjoyed a good night, was not sleepy at all. Although Xiao Xun'er had left, who said he couldn't go with her?

However, this ancient emperor's bloodline was quite peculiar, actually causing the loss of the laws within the bloodline. Fortunately, he also knew the law of metal that the ancient emperor possessed, so he easily pushed it back, and after it was over, he restored a new layer of membrane to her.

Around noon, Xiao Zhan arrived at his courtyard with a large group of craftsmen to help him renovate his alchemy room.

After settling the trivial matters, Xiao Zhan brought a young girl to his side and introduced her somewhat reluctantly: "Nephew Wuji, this is the Grand Elder's granddaughter, and also your cousin, named Xiao Yu. I wonder if you remember her?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wuji glanced down at Xiao Yu, feigning deep thought, and said, "Xiao Yu? I don't remember her very well! As you know, Uncle, I didn't have any friends in the clan before!"

"It's okay if you can't remember!"

Xiao Zhan continued, "Xiao Yu has admired alchemists since she was a child. Now that she heard that her nephew was looking for a maid, she volunteered to come to me, hoping to serve you as a tea and water maid. If your nephew thinks she has talent, you might as well give Yu'er some pointers!"

“Giving some pointers is fine, after all, I had this plan all along! But, is it a bit…” Xiao Wuji said hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan cursed the Elder inwardly, thinking that he had actually thrown his own granddaughter into the fray just to curry favor with Xiao Wuji. It was a shame that he didn't have a daughter himself! But once Yan'er "comes out of seclusion" in a couple of days, I'll have to ask around for her and see if I can teach her a few tricks.

While Xiao Zhan was pondering, Xiao Yu took the initiative to say, "It is my honor to be a maidservant to the Supreme Elder!"

"Alright! From now on, you can move into my courtyard. During the day, you can observe me refining medicine and help me out. Every evening, I will also take some time to guide your cultivation!"

"Also, from now on, call me Young Master!"

……

As the days went by, Xiao Wuji's life became extremely disciplined.

He studies combat techniques every morning, practices fire control and refines pills in the afternoon, and only cultivates battle qi in the evening. Occasionally, when he feels bored, he will go to Xiao Xun'er's boudoir to relax.

Of course, he would also occasionally take out some pills to reward some of the younger generation.

As for Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, it has already fallen to the third level of Dou Qi. Xiao Zhan also asked Xiao Wuji to take a look, and his reply was of course "there is nothing wrong with his body, and the reason is unknown".

During this period, Xiao Wuji would also disguise himself as a beggar on the street, a butcher at the end of the town, or even a playboy in the city, to give Xiao Xun'er some door-to-door tasks.

Most of the missions ended in failure, but some close-quarters missions that required covering one's face were completed very well, though death was still inevitable afterward.

As for the research on fighting spirit techniques, it is also progressing steadily, and some of the research results have even been applied to Xiao Yu, with particularly good results.

Alchemy room!

A white alchemy furnace, three meters high and five meters wide, sits in the alchemy room. The furnace is cast with three legs and two handles, and its surface is imprinted with the patterns of two kinds of magical beasts.

This was a specially crafted alchemy furnace, designed to facilitate the alchemy practice of his future teachings and the work of his maids. He himself was still trying to increase the difficulty of his own alchemy, so how could he possibly use a more convenient furnace? To forge this furnace, he even used his own power to tear open a spatial passage to the Bone Mountains of the Beast Domain, where he found the cave of the Creation Saint. He then extracted the remains of a Battle Saint, the ancient Void Dragon, and the ancient demonic phoenix, along with all the essence of the bones from the Bone Mountains, to refine the furnace body. Sealed within were the remnants of the souls of two great demonic beasts.

He then set up numerous grand formations within it, enough to be ranked among the top-grade treasures, which he named the Dragon-Phoenix Cauldron. As for the Dou Sheng Secret Realm, he hollowed it out and refined it with his own Chaos Fire, allowing his own strength to reach the level of a Ninth-Rank Dou Zun.

This cauldron can not only be used for refining medicine, but also to activate the sealed ancient dragon and the remnant soul of the ancient dragon-phoenix in the alchemy furnace to fight, with strength comparable to a high-level Dou Zun.

Inside the alchemy furnace, crimson flames danced incessantly, and a pitted pill gradually became rounded under the tempering of the flames.

While refining the ingredients, he didn't forget to explain it to his maid:

"The cultivation of battle qi is nothing more than tempering the meridians and expanding the dantian, so that the meridians are able to withstand the flow of battle qi and the dantian is able to withstand the tearing of the battle qi vortex."

"Therefore, compared to the cultivation of Dou Zhe, Dou Shi, and Da Dou Shi, the cultivation of Dou Qi is more important!"

"Although you have remained at the ninth level of Dou Qi for the past two years, under the combined effects of my daily tapping and hammering and medicinal baths, your meridians have become as wide as those of a Dou Shi, and the volume of your dantian has increased by twice that of others!"

"This also means that your battle qi will be more than twice that of cultivators of the same level!"

"Now, with this Foundation Establishment Pill that I refined for you, your talent can be further enhanced, and it can also make up for the losses you've made in the past two years of cultivation."

When Xiao Wuji said the word "pound," Xiao Yu couldn't help but blush. This "pounding" meant hitting with his hands, and it meant not missing any corner.

In addition, her nightly medicinal bath was not a regular procedure; she would go into the cauldron while Xiao Wuji added water and medicine from outside.

In the past two years, it's more accurate to say that she was the one being served rather than the one serving others. Thinking this, Xiao Yu unconsciously squeezed her legs together.

Xiao Wuji scanned Xiao Yu's expression and posture with his spiritual power, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. He withdrew his hand from taking the pill and said, "Alright, go and take out the pill. Once you break through to the Dou Zhe level, you can start learning alchemy!"

"Yu'er? We've gone to get the pills. What are you thinking about?"

"Huh? Oh!"

Snapping out of his reverie, he crept stealthily up to the alchemy furnace.

The alchemy furnace is huge. To get the pills, you have to climb to the top, open the lid, jump inside, and clean the inside of the furnace.

This was one of the few tasks she performed on a regular basis, and she was quite familiar with it. But today, perhaps because she was enduring it, she slipped and slid directly off the alchemy furnace, about to fall to the ground. Even so, she held her legs tightly together.

She felt it would have been better if she had fallen; at least then she might have had an excuse to cover it up, but now that opportunity was gone.

Xiao Yu lay on the alchemy furnace, unable to lift her head. Xiao Wuji gently placed her on the ground and then used his body to press her against the furnace to prevent her from collapsing.

After doing all this, Xiao Wuji leaned down and whispered in Xiao Yu's ear, "Unbeknownst to me, my little Yu'er has grown up and now wants a man!"

"How about it, want me to help you find a marriage partner? I know quite a few gifted young men!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu felt a moment of panic, but quickly hardened her heart, closed her eyes, and abruptly turned around to kiss him, not even glancing at the person she was kissing.

After the kiss, Xiao Yu also straightened her neck and said, "Young master, please take Yu'er. In Yu'er's heart, from the day I became your maid, Yu'er has been yours!"

Even without a formal title?

"Yu'er doesn't want a title, she only asks to stay by the young master's side for the rest of her life!"

"Alright, then I'll take you in!"

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(End of this chapter)