Chapter 477: Alchemy

Xiao Fan appeared before Long Miaoyin's door, looking at her with a smile.

"Xiao, Xiao Fan, you've returned!" Long Miaoyin's voice trembled, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

Xiao Fan had been gone for nearly half a year, and she had missed him every single moment.

"I'm back." Xiao Fan smiled, then pulled Long Miaoyin into his embrace, feeling her body temperature.

Long Miaoyin's body trembled slightly; she slowly placed her lotus-like arms around Xiao Fan's waist, silently hugging him tightly, fearing that she might lose him…

"How have you been lately?" Xiao Fan asked softly.

"Good, I've been fine…"

Long Miaoyin's excited voice was somewhat choked with sobs, and the two began to chat…

They chatted until evening.

From beginning to end, Long Miaoyin did not mention the destruction of the Xiao Family.

The two simply talked about what they had done during this time, how they had been getting by, and so on…

In Long Miaoyin's eyes, Xiao Fan saw longing, as well as shame…

Xiao Fan was becoming more and more outstanding, yet Long Miaoyin felt she could not show her face…

"Rest assured, now that I've returned, I should be able to cure the birthmark on your face." Xiao Fan smiled.

"Re, really?" Tears flashed across the corners of Long Miaoyin's eyes, her voice rapid and trembling.

"Really, believe in me!" Xiao Fan said firmly; he had returned specifically to refine the heaven mending pill!

Xiao Fan, hand in hand with Long Miaoyin, joined the rest of the Long Mansion for dinner in the main hall…

After all, Kong Ping and Jiang Yushan had also arrived today, so the necessary hospitality had to be provided.

The table was filled with sumptuous dishes of great value.

However, upon seeing it, Xiao Fan finally realized what it meant for the world to be vast…

The Long Mansion had prepared a table of what they considered rare delicacies, but when Xiao Fan looked at it, it was not even as luxurious as the meal he had eaten in the Imperial Capital with Nangong Lingxuan and Hu Rui.

This was a matter of perspective; Xiao Fan's perspective had improved so much.

However, Kong Ping and Jiang Yushan also enjoyed themselves thoroughly, as they were in high spirits and drank quite a bit of wine.

Xiao Fan had the potential to become a Grade 6 Alchemist in the future…

Lu Yueshan did not join the table… It was not that she did not want to, but she had been chased away by Xiao Fan.

Because he feared a misunderstanding, Xiao Fan specifically explained to Long Miaoyin that she was a hostage, meant to be exchanged for Spirit Stones later…

Of course, Lu Yueshan naturally did not hear the term Xiao Fan used for her… Otherwise, she probably would have fought for her life on the spot.

As a proud daughter of heaven, she had now become a hostage in Xiao Fan's words…

Xiao Fan did not take the initiative to ask Lu Yueshan to pay the ransom in Spirit Stones, precisely because he feared she would give too little.

After bargaining with Patriarch Ji Zhen and dealing with the Auction House, he had gained a grasp on how some business dealings worked.

One must hold firm and let the other party be the first to open their mouth to redeem the person.

After the group finished dinner and arranged two luxurious guest rooms for Kong Ping and Jiang Yushan,

Xiao Fan and Long Miaoyin left, and the two returned to the courtyard together.

"Tomorrow, I will perform Alchemy for you." Xiao Fan smiled.

Long Miaoyin nodded; she was inexplicably excited inside…

If he could truly remove the birthmark from her face, she would be willing to live only ten more years.

For this Alchemy session, Xiao Fan did not intend to hide anything; he would just do it directly in the Long Mansion.

He was now an upright Grade 4 Alchemist.

With Shengdan City as his backing, what did he have to fear?

The next day…

The wind was gentle, the sun was bright, and the weather was clear.

In the garden of the courtyard where he and Long Miaoyin stayed, Xiao Fan placed his xuanhuang pill furnace…

Because he knew Xiao Fan was performing Alchemy today, Long Anhai ordered everyone not to get close, and even he dared not approach.

In mid-air, Kong Ping and Jiang Yushan looked toward the courtyard where Xiao Fan was…

Long Miaoyin did not leave; besides her, only Xiao Fan was in this courtyard.

Long Caiwei was unconvinced and wanted to get closer, but was stopped by Long Anhai.

Xiao Fan had said he wanted to refine a Medicinal Pill that could cure Long Miaoyin's birthmark.

This made Long Anhai feel inexplicably moved; Long Miaoyin's face had always been a source of worry for him.

After all, it would be strange if he felt comfortable with his own daughter being called an ugly freak by outsiders…

"Rise!"

Xiao Fan shouted, and countless Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines appeared beside him.

Among them, the three main ingredients—eight gods spirit blood, red fire stem, and chanxin leather—were at the very front.

The golden Pill Furnace was opened, and Xiao Fan placed the various spiritual materials inside according to the records in the Pill Formula.

He had previously refined the heaven mending pill once inside the Black Tower, so he was not unfamiliar with it…

The Alchemy began, and Xiao Fan was fully focused. The huge golden Pill Furnace began to emit billowing green smoke, accompanied by black mist…

This phenomenon attracted the attention of everyone in Jingchuan City, and they were all curious about what had happened in the Long Family…

Even City Lord Lu Zhiming flew over personally, wanting to see what had happened at the Long Family.

Upon seeing Kong Ping and Jiang Yushan in the back, he performed a salute and then obediently left…

This xuanhuang pill furnace was of very high quality, at least not much worse than the bronze alchemy furnace in Xiao Fan's star chart…

A quarter of an hour later, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out from the courtyard…

However, it was also accompanied by a pungent, unpleasant odor that made people retch…

Long Miaoyin remained by his side; even though the smell was unpleasant, she had no intention of leaving.