Ye Fan rubbed his sleepy eyes and sighed deeply at the mess around him.
Hu Liena was fast asleep beside him, clearly exhausted from the previous night.
"Congratulations, host, on completing your daily task!"
"You have obtained a Soul Contract x1! Imprint the contents of the contract into your soul. Violation will result in the excruciating pain of ten thousand ants gnawing at your heart. Forcibly continuing will obliterate your soul, preventing its resurrection!"
"You have obtained the Black Demon Cauldron! Ranked eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron List, it is a small part formed from the differentiation of the world's dark origin."
"You have obtained one hundred low-grade and one hundred mid-grade medicinal herbs!"
Ye Fan stored the three rewards in his system space, covered Hu Liena with a blanket, and prepared to take a nice bath.
But as soon as he got out of bed, Hu Liena suddenly woke up and grabbed his hand.
He sighed; what a troublesome woman.
He turned to look at her and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you want to rest?"
Hu Liena scratched her face shyly and said, "I've rested enough. What are you going to do?"
Ye Fan said, "Take a bath."
Hearing this, Hu Liena became interested and said, "Together? I'm very good at scrubbing backs!"
He shook his head and said, "Forget it."
That wasn't an ordinary medicinal bath; it would probably be quite painful.
Seeing Hu Liena's disappointed look, Ye Fan thought for a moment and said, "Are you interested in learning alchemy?"
Alchemy took too much time; the Black Demon Cauldron he had just obtained was just gathering dust.
Hu Liena thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Of course I'm interested!"
She believed that Ye Fan would definitely not cheat her.
He couldn't possibly sell her out and then let her count the money, could he?
Alchemy was easy to learn but difficult to master. Hu Liena's comprehension was also quite good, and she quickly mastered small techniques such as fire control.
Ye Fan handed her the medicinal herbs and instructed her, "Remember what I just told you, don't use too few or too many herbs. Try refining it yourself first; it will take a long time, so don't give up halfway."
Hu Liena looked at the Black Demon Cauldron in front of her, which was entirely black, quite robust, and exuded a calm aura. She nodded seriously, somewhat nervous but not afraid.
Ye Fan was also relieved. With these herbs, even if she failed to refine a Body Tempering Pill, the cauldron wouldn't explode.
Or rather, with Hu Liena's strength, she couldn't damage the Black Demon Cauldron even with her full power.
He slowly walked into the bathroom and silently said, "System, begin."
Immediately, the bathtub was filled with water and countless medicinal liquids composed of special true blood, beast bones, tendons, etc., with a few drops of pure-blooded ferocious beast essence added.
A large amount of water vapor was emitted, and the astonishing aura would have terrified an ordinary person.
He swallowed and gently touched the surface of the water with his finger.
Instantly, a piercing pain erupted.
He subconsciously withdrew his finger and blew on it a few times.
"Holy crap, this hurts like hell! Just putting my finger in feels like it's melting, if my whole body were submerged, I'd practically die from the pain! System, you're killing me!"
he blurted out.
System: You chose this yourself!
Ye Fan snorted coldly. Pain is pain, but a good punch now is better than a hundred later. If you can't even handle a little pain, what's the point of having a system?
He quickly stripped off his equipment, determined to succeed or die trying, and jumped in one go.
"Ah~"
He suppressed a howl, gritting his teeth. Although his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and his fair skin turned red with pain, he didn't pull away.
His hands gripped his knees tightly, the powerful grip almost crushing them.
Every inch of his skin felt like it was being stretched and hammered, his bones felt like they were about to break apart, and his will was gradually fading.
If this continued, he'd really faint from the pain! He needed to find a way to wake up…
Sorry, brother!
Pray!
...
He didn't know how many hours had passed.
The essence of the medicinal bath had completely seeped into his body, and his flushed skin gradually returned to its fair complexion.
His already strong physique became even more muscular, each muscle seemingly capable of unleashing terrifying power!
He took a deep breath and finally pulled through.
He was submerged, with only half his head above water.
He had almost died; it hurt so much, especially down there.
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The medicinal bathwater in the bathtub absorbed a large amount of impurities from Ye Fan's body, becoming somewhat turbid.
Despite this, the medicinal effect was still quite good.
However, it was now worthless to him.
No one would like this smelly bathwater, would they?
He pulled out the plug, dried himself, changed his clothes, and slowly walked out of the bathroom.
He felt his strength had more than doubled! He wondered how much his Strength Dao had improved.
Originally level 1, 100/1000, it instantly jumped to level 2, 1900/2000!
Only 100 points away from level 3.
What a pity, he would definitely reach it by tomorrow morning.
He opened the window and looked at the sky; dusk had faded, and darkness had already descended.
He had soaked in the bath for quite a while.
He then looked at Hu Liena, who had her eyes closed, still intently refining pills.
"Haven't failed yet? You're really working hard. Speaking of which, you didn't even go to class today."
He scratched his head; skipping class all day, he was probably going to get scolded.
Hu Liena was completely absorbed in refining the pill, manipulating the flames, and didn't notice Ye Fan's appearance at all.
Ye Fan looked up at the pill inside the cauldron; it had already condensed into a pill, a rough-looking embryo quietly taking shape in the flames, emitting a faint glow, almost complete.
He hadn't expected this girl to have such talent.
He poured the last bit of energy into the embryo, and a pale yellow, perfectly round pill sank into the cauldron. Hu Liena finally opened her eyes, exhaling a few breaths of warm air.
"Finally, it's finished." She was too exhausted to speak, but smiled at Ye Fan.
She was about to reach for the pill to check its effects.
Ye Fan quickly stopped her, snatched the pill away, and said solemnly, "No, no, this is your first time refining pills. What if there's some poison? You're so weak now, how can you take it? I'll be the guinea pig."
His words made Hu Liena nod in agreement, but she still felt something was amiss.
Ye Fan swallowed the pill without batting an eye, a surge of heat instantly coursing through his body.
"Hiss, it feels like it's refined about the same as mine.
" He looked at the panel for the Path of Power, which had successfully reached level 3, and nodded.
He praised, "Not bad, not bad. To refine it like this on your first attempt, you're incredibly talented, but still far behind me."
Hu Liena shyly brushed her hair aside, saying to her teacher, who was clearly younger than her, "It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher!"
Ye Fan nodded, affirming, "Of course."
Girls these days are so easy to fool.
He continued, "Then remember to come to me every day to refine pills! Don't worry about not refining them well, I'll test them for poison!"
Hu Liena nodded obediently, in a very pleasant mood.
Seeing that it was already dark, she belatedly exclaimed, "Damn it! I'm doomed! I completely forgot I had class today!"
She grimaced, but mere soul power cultivation? How could it compare to pill refining?
Should she drop out and just keep refining pills?
The teacher would kill her!
She sighed and said, "It's getting late, let's go eat together?"
Ye Fan thought for a moment and agreed, "Okay."
The two went out together, and immediately encountered a girl dressed in a flamboyant manner.
The girl looked at them in shock and exclaimed, "Nana, you? I was wondering why you didn't go to class today, so that's why..."
Hu Liena hurriedly said, "Oh! Don't think like that! Nothing's wrong!"
The girl just smiled and quickly ran away.
Ye Fan didn't care, only thinking about whether dinner would be good.
When he was a security guard, the food was not only terrible but also ridiculously expensive!
Hu Liena was about to chase after him to argue, but a voice suddenly startled her and made her freeze in place.
"Ding dong! Dream settlement! Summoned within three days: Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Liu Erlong!" In an instant , a voice suddenly rang in the minds of countless beauties
throughout the Douluo Continent. Uh... it's coming out! (End of this chapter)