Chapter 21

As the medicine powder was about to coagulate into pills, a loud "bang" echoed, and a wave of air burst out from the alchemy furnace. Sheng Xiang was surprised and stepped back, looking at the fallen lid, he was drenched in sweat: "It actually exploded!"

"Are you okay?" Su Meiyao, who was combing her hair not far away, asked indifferently.

"I'm fine!" Sheng Xiang let out a sigh of relief and checked the alchemy furnace, which was undamaged.

"Then continue. This is a common occurrence." Su Meiyao smiled at him encouragingly.

Seeing her enchanting smile, Sheng Xiang's sense of failure vanished instantly. He rested for a while, took out the medicinal materials, and continued refining the pills.

Three hours passed, and Sheng Xiang was once again at the final step. However, this time he still failed, but at least the furnace didn't explode.

Sheng Xiang sighed, "It's really hard to refine! There's only one set of materials left, I have to succeed!"

Su Meiyao, holding a damp silk handkerchief, walked to his side and wiped the sweat from his face, smiling lightly, "Little guy, when I refined the Bone Washing Pill, I blew up several alchemy furnaces. You're already doing well! I estimate you'll need to refine it about twenty times to succeed!"

Sheng Xiang was slightly stunned, staring at Su Meiyao's alluring face. Being served by such a beautiful woman made his heart flutter. At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Su Meiyao's naked body, which he had seen before...

Realizing he was acting improperly, Sheng Xiang hurriedly said, "What? Twenty times? No way, I don't have that much money to spend."

Su Meiyao deliberately jiggled the two peaks on her chest and said with a coquettish laugh, "Little guy, it's fine to fantasize about me, but if you fantasize about your senior sister, you'll be in trouble."

Thinking of Bai Youyou, the cold beauty with a killing aura, Sheng Xiang chuckled a few times and dared not stare at Su Meiyao's trembling bosom anymore.

Su Meiyao laughed triumphantly.

Sheng Xiang rested for over an hour, listening to Su Meiyao share her experience in refining the Bone Washing Pill...

After resting, Sheng Xiang started again. This time, it was faster than the previous two attempts, and he reached the final stage of pill formation in just one and a half hours.

Su Meiyao's beautiful eyes sparkled as she watched Sheng Xiang. In her view, it was impossible for Sheng Xiang to refine the Bone Washing Pill so quickly, but it seemed he was about to succeed. This alchemy talent was something even she admired. She believed that Sheng Xiang's future would be more colorful than hers.

"Senior Sister, we didn't choose the wrong person for our divine veins! This man hasn't let us down," Su Meiyao transmitted telepathically to Bai Youyou in the ring.

Bai Youyou's cold voice actually carried a rare smile, "That's the best."

A moment later, Sheng Xiang opened his eyes, his face full of excitement. He opened the alchemy furnace and turned to Su Meiyao, saying, "Sister Meiyao, I succeeded! I successfully refined the Bone Washing Pill!"

At this moment, Bai Youyou also came out of the ring. Like Su Meiyao, her eyes were filled with unhidden joy. After all, they had placed all their hopes on Sheng Xiang. Seeing his talent, they were overjoyed.

The Bone Washing Pill usually produces three pills per furnace, but Sheng Xiang could only produce two. However, he succeeded in just one day, which only someone with extremely high talent could achieve. This indicated that Sheng Xiang had a unique perception during the refining process, allowing him to sense the subtle moment of pill formation and grasp the key, enabling him to succeed after a few failures.

Su Meiyao patted Sheng Xiang's head, her eyes filled with affection as she smiled at him, "Good boy, you haven't let me down!"

Bai Youyou also nodded at Sheng Xiang, her cold eyes becoming much softer. Seeing these two high-ranking beauties treat him so well, Sheng Xiang felt very proud.

Although Sheng Xiang succeeded this time, it didn't guarantee success next time, so he needed to refine more. When he came up from the underground chamber, he saw a girl in a purple dress sitting in the small hall.

Seeing the noble and beautiful girl before him, Sheng Xiang was momentarily lost in admiration, "Xianxian, why are you here?"

Xue Xianxian pouted, "I came to find you! As a man, you should come to me. If I keep coming to you, people will talk."

Sheng Xiang scratched his head, a bit embarrassed. He had indeed planned to find Xue Xianxian, but he had been too engrossed in refining. He went to Xue Xianxian's side and touched her rosy face.

"Xianxian, I'm really sorry! I've been refining pills. This is a token of my apology." Sheng Xiang took out a small box, inside which were two black pills, the Bone Washing Pills he had just refined!

Xue Xianxian opened the box and exclaimed, "Bone Washing Pills! Did Little Brother Xiang refine these?"

Sheng Xiang smiled, "I got lucky. I don't have any more materials now, and I'm planning to buy some. But the Spirit Pill Pavilion is now owned by the Medicine Family, so I'll have to pay several times the price. Xianxian, can you help me buy some materials?"

Xue Xianxian lowered her head, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about something. Her beautiful face was serious.

"Of course, but Little Brother Xiang, to be able to refine the Bone Washing Pill at your age is truly astonishing," Xue Xianxian said softly. "Little Brother Xiang, you should join a martial arts sect in the future. Only then can you reach the peak of martial arts."

Sheng Xiang nodded, "I've already planned for that, but my current strength isn't enough. Xianxian, have some sects approached you?"

Xue Xianxian sighed, "Not sects, just one person, someone who has done a great favor for our Xue family. She has taken a liking to me and wants to take me as her disciple. She seems to be from a martial arts sect, but she didn't tell me the details."

"I'll be leaving with her soon." Saying this, Xue Xianxian looked reluctant.

Sheng Xiang stroked her hair and smiled, "It's okay. That place is a cradle of strong people. I'll go there eventually." As he spoke, Sheng Xiang took out a piece of paper and handed it to Xue Xianxian, a money bill worth ten thousand large spirit coins.

Xue Xianxian took it and smiled sweetly at him, "The Bone Washing Pills are no longer useful to me. I'll sell them and buy you the materials. Wait for me, I'll be back soon."

Xue Xianxian left, and Sheng Xiang hurried to take a bath. As soon as he finished, Xue Xianxian returned.

To Sheng Xiang's surprise, Xue Xianxian returned with a mature and graceful woman in a white dress. If Sheng Xiang hadn't seen Bai Youyou and Su Meiyao, he would have been captivated by this extremely beautiful woman.

The woman who returned with Xue Xianxian was a middle-aged beauty. She had an oval face, fair and tender skin that didn't fall short of Xue Xianxian's. She looked at Sheng Xiang with a smile that was both gentle and authoritative, and her seemingly delicate and boneless body exuded an invisible aura, making her seem like a high-ranking celestial being with the power to destroy the heavens and the earth.