I am an incredibly handsome man, and my fiancée refuses to call off the engagement even at the cost

Blue Maple City gets its name from its abundance of Blue Maple Grass. Walking through the streets and alleys of Blue Maple City, you'll find Blue Maple Grass for sale everywhere. While Blue Maple Grass is common, grass over a hundred years old is rare.

The older the herb, the better. Many small vendors here exaggerate the age of the herbs to sell them, and it's easy to get ripped off if you're not an expert.

Gu Yan went directly to the largest pharmacy and bought three thousand-year-old Blue Maple Grasses. Then he rented a courtyard in the city and settled down there. He took out all the medicinal herbs he had collected recently and refined them into pills.

The sky was clear and the air was crisp. It was a large courtyard in a very nice location in Blue Maple City, with the sun shining on the green grass.

On the green grass, an adorable snow shadow tiger cub is rolling around in the warm grass.

Inside the alchemy room, Gu Yan was refining pills.

A purple alchemy furnace floated in mid-air. After the furnace was opened, it emitted beams of golden light, filling the entire room with a rich medicinal fragrance. It was only because Gu Yan had placed a restriction on the courtyard that the fragrance could have traveled for miles.

The colorful pills floated in mid-air. A Snow Shadow Tiger cub, rolling on the grass, smelled the aroma and immediately rushed into the alchemy room, only to bump into the barrier set up outside. The barrier was transparent, invisible to the naked eye.

The little guy was completely pressed against the transparent barrier, its eyes wide open. Its body slowly slid down the barrier, a scene that was hard not to laugh at.

Gu Yan, inside the alchemy room, glanced at it, smiled, opened his mouth, and all the colorful pills lined up and jumped into his mouth, much to the resentment of the Snow Shadow Tiger cub outside.

She felt even more resentful when she discovered that Gu Yan hadn't left her a single one.

Master is so naughty~

The owner is naughty—not giving the baby a single one!

After swallowing all the pills, Gu Yan sat down to meditate and digest their effects. He looked inward and saw his primordial spirit. It was a small, golden primordial spirit with cracks on its chest, which were gradually shrinking under the influence of the medicine.

After three days and three nights, three of the last seventeen cracks disappeared.

After fully absorbing the effects of the medicine, Gu Yan sat quietly, thinking to herself: It's still not enough, I need to continue.

So he continued refining elixirs.

She refined pills, consumed medicine, and digested the medicinal power for three months. As her soul damage continued to heal, Gu Yan's cultivation level recovered to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

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Changyang City, one of the eight branches of the Alchemy Association.

Recently, alchemists have been frequently seen on the streets here, because an alchemist ranking examination is held here every fifty years.

Normally, this assessment is scheduled for August, so the number of alchemists in Changyang City surges as soon as August begins.

Gu Yan, wearing a mask, walked down the street in Changyang City. He had also come to participate in the alchemist assessment. He was participating in the assessment because he had heard from others that the identity of an alchemist was very useful, and that many rare spiritual herbs could not be found on the market, but could be traded within the alchemist circle.

To enter the world of alchemists, you must first be an alchemist.

As he walked down the street, his outstanding demeanor, as always, attracted the attention of many. Several young women who looked like alchemy apprentices also frequently glanced at him.

Finding the branch of the Alchemist Association wasn't difficult; just ask anyone, and everyone would know. It was the tallest and most magnificent building in the entire Changyang City. Gu Yan gazed at the white tower, piercing the clouds, its imposing presence awe-inspiring. He paused for a moment, then walked towards the building.

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Inside the Alchemist Association, a man dressed in a magnificent blue robe followed behind two young and beautiful women, looking ingratiating.

The two young and beautiful women were quite different. One wore the robe of a second-grade alchemist. Although her appearance was not exceptionally beautiful, her temperament was as breathtaking as a rare orchid in a secluded valley. The other was a younger girl in a pale yellow dress. This girl had her hair styled in two buns and was extremely charming. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and made no attempt to hide her disgust for the man in blue.

"Junior Sister Ruolan, Junior Sister Feiyan, I already said that back at Yunlu Mountain, I really wasn't thinking about escaping for myself. Under those circumstances, if I stayed, we would all die together. My death is nothing to regret, but if you two perish, I would gladly die a thousand deaths. I was just going to get reinforcements."

"After I went out, I found someone and came back immediately to rescue you. I've explained this a hundred times, but you still won't believe me," Mo Fanqi explained.

Three months ago, when he encountered danger in the Yunlu Mountains, Mo Fanqi lost Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan and escaped alone. After he got out, he was afraid that he would have difficulty explaining himself when he returned, so he pretended to hire a local mercenary organization to look for Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan.

He was just putting on an act, so he wasn't really looking for anyone, which is why he didn't run into Gu Yan, Xu Ruolan, and Liu Feiyan.

Later, when he returned to Changyang City and cried loudly in front of his uncle about how pitiful his two junior sisters were and how much he blamed himself, Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan returned.

Liu Feiyan immediately complained to her master, Mu Qinghe, about how Mo Fanqi had abandoned her and her sisters and run away.

Mo Fanqi insisted that he only wanted to save his life and call for help. He had indeed led people back, and there were witnesses and physical evidence. Moreover, he was Mu Qinghe's nephew, so Mu Qinghe could not punish him much. Thus, the matter was dropped.

But after that, Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan broke off relations with Mo Fanqi. They used to be polite to Mo Fanqi, but now they don't act anymore.

"Senior Brother Mo, I believe you, so can you leave now?" Xu Ruolan said coldly.

She acted like a good dog wouldn't block the way, and seeing that Mo Fanqi wouldn't move aside, she simply went around him. Liu Feiyan glared at Mo Fanqi, snorted coldly, and followed Xu Ruolan.

Mo Fanqi gritted his teeth as he watched their retreating figures. Those two little bitches, he'd teach them a lesson one day.

Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan were both annoyed by him, so they walked quickly forward, went around several corridors, and arrived at the front hall. As soon as they arrived, many people greeted them.

"Good morning, Miss Ruolan!"

Good morning, Ms. Feiyan!

"Will Miss Ruolan participate in the third-rank assessment this year?"

Xu Ruolan and Liu Feiyan exchanged a few polite greetings with people they knew when a white figure suddenly appeared in their field of vision.

A man dressed in snow-white robes and with hair as black as ink stepped into the hall, drawing many gazes. Although he wore a mask, he possessed an ethereal quality that made him impossible to ignore.

"Senior Li—"

When Xu Ruolan saw Gu Yan, she immediately walked forward with a beaming smile.

Liu Feiyan also hurried upstairs.

Now even more attention was focused on Gu Yan. Xu Ruolan was a second-grade alchemist and a disciple of the Pill King Mu Qinghe. Everyone in the Alchemist Association knew her.

Almost all the other alchemists who came to take the exam knew her, and her address of "senior" drew all eyes to Gu Yan.