This matter settled, Qin Mu enjoyed two days of good life, eating and sleeping every day. As for cultivation, sorry, if his cultivation aptitude were even slightly better, he would have started grinding long ago.
But then again, being lazy is pretty nice too. You grind, he grinds, and in the end, it’s not you or him who loses—it’s everyone.
Right now, a ball of golden flame floated in midair before Qin Mu. He extended his finger, stirring the golden flame into a swirling vortex.
Beside him, a pill cauldron sat at his side. Not far away, a pink-robed older sister was controlling the flames, refining pills.
On the other side, a white-robed older sister was popping chestnuts one after another while reading a book. The title was long—at least a dozen characters—something about “Regarding the Matter of My Younger Brother Being This or That.” It reeked of slice-of-life fluff.
The three Qin Family siblings were all gathered in this room.
Because they had encountered members of the Demon Clan earlier, Lu Qian and Chu Jiujiu decided to investigate the Wildlands thoroughly. And sure enough, they actually rooted out several demons.
As for that Dragon Clan Elder Shui Ao with his extremely long white beard, he occasionally came before Qin Mu, talking about all the treasures within the Dragon Clan—saying that as long as Qin Mu came, he could take whatever he wanted.
And the Divine Dragon in Qin Mu’s Sea of Consciousness—these past few days, or more precisely, ever since giving Senior Chu a drop of Divine Dragon True Blood, she kept going offline at random. It got to the point where Qin Mu briefly wondered if the Divine Dragon Senior was about to…
But come to think of it, the Divine Dragon Senior’s golden-haired pretty girl form was really nice to look at. Sometimes Qin Mu would send his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness to check if the Divine Dragon Senior was there. If he got lucky, he’d catch a golden-haired pretty girl curled up asleep, her pink lips slightly parted, eyelashes gently trembling, her graceful curves on full display. If this were in a doujin world, with a sleeping golden-haired super pretty girl right there, the next plot points—those who know, know.
It was so nice looking at her sleeping like that. If she were awake, the Divine Dragon Senior would be going “This old man” this and “This old man” that—paired with that golden-haired pretty girl form, the dissonance was way too strong.
Bang—the door was pushed open, and a young girl rushed in energetically. It was Lu Shuanger.
“Pfft, pfft, got a mouthful of dust. Qin Mu, I brought you something good!”
With that, Lu Shuanger pulled out a red stone, crystal clear like a ruby.
“What’s this?”
Qin Mu took the stone and held it in his palm. Oh? There was actually liquid inside.
“Hehe! You don’t know, do you!”
Now it was Lu Shuanger’s turn for explanation time. Thanks to the Wildlands being isolated for so long, there were many things inside that didn’t exist outside. As a native of the Wildlands, Lu Shuanger was basically a walking auto-identifier.
“Let me tell you, what’s inside here is something good.”
Lu Shuanger said mysteriously.
That piqued Qin Mu’s interest. Something good?
“Drinking it lets you live forever without aging?”
“Uh… no.”
“Then it greatly increases cultivation?”
“Uh… also no.”
“Can it improve aptitude?”
“Uh… still no.”
Qin Mu: “…”
“If it can’t do this and can’t do that, is this thing even considered good?”
Qin Mu thought it was some incredible treasure, but it turned out his expectations were wasted.
Lu Shuanger was momentarily at a loss for words, then said: “If it really had effects like that, such good stuff would have been picked clean long ago.”
“Hmph! I went through the trouble of bringing this to you out of kindness, and you say that—give it back.”
Lu Shuanger extended her fair, delicate hand, a hint of grievance in her voice.
Seeing Lu Shuanger’s expression, Qin Mu’s emotional intelligence wasn’t in the negatives. He quickly said:
“Hehe, since you gave it to me, with our relationship, how could I possibly return it to you? Thanks a lot!”
After all, back when he first entered the Gu Tribe, at Elder Kumu’s place, Lu Shuanger had even thrown herself in front of him to shield him. That debt of gratitude remained, and he dared not forget it.
Seeing Qin Mu accept her gift, Lu Shuanger’s expression improved somewhat.
“But speaking of which, what exactly is this thing?”
Qin Mu held the stone up before his eyes, examining it carefully. He didn’t notice anything unusual—the color was quite pretty.
“This is a Jade Dragon Stone. The liquid inside tastes great. Though it can’t increase cultivation or anything, it can still boost Blood Qi.”
Lu Shuanger explained, then continued:
“Elder Sister Mengyu has drunk it too.”
Jade Dragon Stone?
Hearing that name, Qin Mu looked at the thing in his hand and asked:
“How do I drink it?”
“Simple. Use your True Qi to drill a small hole, and then you can drink it.”
Hearing how simple Lu Shuanger made it sound, Qin Mu gathered True Qi at his fingertip, carefully controlling it, afraid that one slip would drill through and spill everything on the ground.
After successfully drilling the hole, a fragrant aroma rushed into his brain. It was the first time Qin Mu had smelled such a scent—something like the fragrance of meat.
Qin Mu tilted his head back and drank. Hey, it was sweet and sour, pretty tasty!
“How is it? Not bad, right?” Lu Shuanger giggled.
“We have dedicated mineral veins for this around here. It’s really cheap. When I was little, I used to buy it to drink often. Around here, kids with weak constitutions drink this a lot when they’re young.”
Now it was Qin Mu’s turn to broaden his horizons. This was the first time he’d heard of stones you could drink. But then again, on his previous trips out, why hadn’t he come across anyone selling this kind of ore?
“Nice, sweet and sour—tastes good.”
Qin Mu felt a slight warmth in his abdomen. Presumably, this was what they meant by increasing Blood Qi.
The next moment, Qin Mu actually noticed that the blood in his body felt like it was heating up.
Then, the Divine Dragon, who had been offline for a long time, actually came online at this moment.
“Oh? It can actually increase the Blood Qi of Divine Dragon True Blood. Kid, what did you just do?”
This time, it was the Divine Dragon’s turn to be shocked. After all, she was a being born at the dawn of heaven and earth. In this world, she was in a league of her own—yet there was actually something that could increase the Blood Qi of Divine Dragon True Blood!
“Huh? Divine Dragon Senior, you’re actually online!”
Holy crap! Am I not awake yet?!
Qin Mu slapped his cheeks. Yep! Not dreaming!
“I just drank a stone that Lu Shuanger gave me.”
Qin Mu roughly recounted what had just happened.
“How strange. Kid, go ask that little girl—where exactly does this thing come from?”
“Huh? Oh, oh!”
Since the Divine Dragon Senior said so, she must have her reasons. Qin Mu chose to obediently do as told.
“Miss Shuanger, where is this thing produced around here?”
Facing Qin Mu’s question, Lu Shuanger thought for a moment, then said:
“It should be northeast of the city. I remember there’s a large mine there.”
“Great! Can you take me there?”
“Well…”
Lu Shuanger instinctively glanced in Qin Mengyu’s direction.
At that moment, Qin Mu also realized.
“Elder Sister Mengyu, hehe, I want to go out for a bit. What do you think…”
Qin Mengyu didn’t speak, focusing intently on refining pills. However, she transmitted a message to Qin Ruoshuang:
Sister Ruoshuang, go with Mu’er.
Okay.
Qin Ruoshuang responded.
Slap—
The sound of a book closing. Qin Ruoshuang, who had been reading all along, stood up.
“I’ll go with you all.”
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