Chapter 60

Chapter 60

The two returned from their shopping trip, each lost in their own thoughts.

“What do you think about the Ghost Shark clan? Their strength is hard to fathom, and each of them has so many rare items. Isn’t that strange?” Zhanyue asked curiously.

Baizhi hadn’t thought that much about it. “You’re asking me? How would I know? The Ghost Shark clan doesn’t move around in the outside world. Even those Spirit God Realm experts can’t come in here. The outside world knows nothing about them.”

“What exactly is in the secret realm? They’re willing to exchange these treasures, yet absolutely don’t allow us to take anything out of the secret realm,” Zhanyue felt increasingly that this place was full of oddities everywhere.

“We’ll only know after we’ve been to the secret realm. Let’s go back first.” The sky was gradually darkening, but this place had no worries about Nightmares, it was truly a blessed land.

Although it was his own room, Zhanyue was now locked outside. He waited silently with a bitter smile. After a while, the door finally opened.

No longer in all-black robes, she was now wearing a green dress. Her hair was coiled up into a butterfly bun, with some strands falling over her shoulders. Her pretty face was tinged with a few streaks of red, like sunset glow on jade. Her small face was adorned with delicate features, and her bright eyes were somewhat evasive. If the illumination Goddess had a cold and noble aura like Chang’e in the moon palace, then Baizhi before him was more like a harmless and cute jade rabbit. Even Zhanyue, who had seen incomparable beauties, was stunned for a moment. Only now did he understand what ‘pitiful even at a glance’ meant. This appearance naturally evoked a sense of protectiveness in Zhanyue. Compared to that otherworldly beauty, Baizhi had more of a touching charm, more like a delicate and boneless nation-toppling enchantress.

Zhanyue swallowed and said, “Do you still have any of those poison pills? Maybe you should take another one.” Zhanyue joked.

Baizhi said irritably, “Come in first before you speak.”

Closing the door, Zhanyue had a mistaken feeling of hiding a beauty in a golden house. This girl was so beautiful, it was indeed dangerous for her to be alone outside, no wonder she had disguised herself all the way.

“This counts as fulfilling your request. You’ve seen what I look like. I’m only sharing a room with you out of necessity, it would be more troublesome outside. But I have plenty of life-saving methods, you’d better not have any ideas about me, otherwise...” Baizhi glared fiercely at Zhanyue, extending two fingers in a scissor gesture, the implication clear without words.

Zhanyue just smiled without speaking. Baizhi was at the ninth stage of Soul Control, with who knew how many secrets. If they really fought, he might not be able to beat her. It’s just that this girl was obviously too naive. How much scheming could someone who could hide in someone else’s room and cry in the blanket have?

“Mm-hmm, now I’m more curious about why you ran away from home, and why you’re seeking an eighth-grade pill formula here?” Zhanyue asked curiously.

Baizhi seemed about to speak but then stopped, unsure whether to tell Zhanyue.

“What? You’re willing to share a room with me but still don’t trust me? How do you plan to buy that eighth-grade pill formula? Tell me the whole story, maybe I can help you,” Zhanyue said.

Although Baizhi didn’t believe Zhanyue could help her much, she had been wanting to express some of her troubles for a long time.

“Stop crying. Crying won’t give you extra points. Let’s think of a solution together,” Zhanyue comforted.

Baizhi raised her head, looking at Zhanyue through teary eyes, “What solution do you have?”

“In the end, it’s because your strength is too weak. No matter how talented you are, it’s still just talent. Of course, at your age, it’s impossible to be too strong. Now, to solve your problem, there’s only one way: find a backer, a backer who can make decisions for you. And this backer needs to meet two conditions. First, this backer must be more powerful than the Bai family. Second, this backer must not harm you,” Zhanyue analyzed.

Baizhi’s eyes widened, then dimmed again, “Who could this backer you’re talking about be? I’m not familiar with the Myriad Steeds Trading Company, and they might not offend two seventh-grade alchemists for my sake.”

“Who says it has to be the Myriad Steeds Trading Company? The world is vast, could your Bai family be the biggest? Although I don’t know where your backer is now, with your talent, it’s not impossible to find protection. Don’t underestimate yourself. Don’t think too much about it now, focus more on how to get some points. Use those points to improve yourself, or if you really have a chance to exchange for an eighth-grade pill formula, it will be easier for you to find a backer,” Zhanyue replied.

Hope rekindled in Baizhi’s eyes. She wiped away her tears and retreated to the inner room. Lying on the bed, she carefully analyzed Zhanyue’s words, pondering how to find a backer for herself. Not long after, a fragrant smell wafted into the inner room. Baizhi, hungry for a day, finally couldn’t resist and came out.

Although Zhanyue had once disapproved of the Mountain Goblin Clan using the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron for cooking, he was now doing the same thing. There was no help for it, the food made in the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron was really damn delicious.

“This cauldron? Isn’t this an alchemy cauldron? And it doesn’t seem to be an ordinary one. You’re actually using it to cook soup? You... you...” Baizhi was furious. As a genius in the way of pills, how could she stand to see such behavior?

Zhanyue ignored her and instead took a bamboo bowl, ladled a bowl of soup with a wooden spoon, and handed it to Baizhi.

Baizhi took the hot soup. Although she was still a bit angry, she couldn’t resist her hunger and thirst and drank it down.

“How is it?” Zhanyue asked.

“Not... not bad,” Baizhi said with a red face, her tongue licking her lips. She handed the empty bowl back to Zhanyue, “I didn’t taste it properly just now. Give me another bowl to try.”

Zhanyue didn’t expose this girl’s little trick. “When I use this for refining pills, it’s an alchemy cauldron. When I use it for cooking, it’s just a pot. A tool doesn’t have any thoughts of its own, after all, it’s not human, it can’t resist. But you’re different. I really like your courage to run away from home alone.”

With that, Zhanyue handed over another bowl full of soup.

Drinking the soup, both Baizhi’s stomach and heart felt warm. It had been a very, very long time since she had felt this kind of warmth.