Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

Time flies, and a month and a half has already passed since the start of the new semester.

That morning, Qin Le was sitting in the academy pavilion, immersed in the vast ocean of knowledge contained in the jade slip of Laozi.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated in my pocket. The caller ID read: Mom.

He answered the phone, and Lin Wanrou's excited voice came from the other end: "Son, are you free? Come home!"

Qin Le had no choice but to say goodbye to his demon classmates who were staring at him longingly, and then get up and return home.

Pushing open the door, I saw Lin Wanrou sprawled on the living room sofa, wearing a pale yellow nightgown stained with black and gray dust, her face covered in soot from the stove, and her hair casually pulled back – ever since her grandmother went back to her own place, she had completely returned to her slovenly home life.

In her words, since she's not going out, who's she dressing up for?

"Oh, your son is back?" Hearing the noise, Lin Wanrou turned her head and smiled.

"Mom, why did you call me back in such a hurry? What's wrong?"

Qin Le sat down on the sofa opposite and asked. On the phone, she had only urged him to come back, without explaining why.

Lin Wanrou chuckled, carefully took out two milky-white pills from her storage ring, held them in her palm, and presented them to Qin Le like a treasure:

"Look! Transformation Pills! Your mom has successfully refined two more! How about it, want to... try them out some more?"

"I won't try." Qin Le refused without hesitation, her tone resolute.

The painful experience of being turned into a tabby cat and played with as a pet by Nuwa is still fresh in my mind. I can't be fooled again this time.

"Tsk, boring." Lin Wanrou pouted, somewhat disappointed, but still casually tossed the two pills to Qin Le: "Here you go, take them and use them to trick others. Don't worry, these pills have no side effects."

Qin Le took the pill, put it into his storage ring, and casually asked, "Mom, does this mean you've... firmly grasped the pill formula?"

It has been almost a year since the last successful refining of the Transformation Pill, which is quite a long time.

"No way!" Lin Wanrou's face immediately fell upon hearing this, and she scratched her messy hair. "It seems like I only succeeded this time because of sheer luck. Afterwards, I tried to refine several more batches using the same formula, and they all exploded! If it weren't for using the precious alchemy furnace from the Shennong Ancestor, any other furnace would have turned into a pile of scrap metal by now!"

"Alright... then you continue your research, I'm going back to the academy." Qin Le said speechlessly, getting up to make a quick getaway.

Deep down, he even hoped his mother wouldn't succeed—otherwise, he was afraid that every now and then, Nuwa would feed him transformation pills and let him experience all sorts of strange animal forms.

"Go on, go on, don't disturb my research." Lin Wanrou waved her hand, her attention already back on the pill formula notes in front of her.

Leaving home, Qin Le walked leisurely towards the academy. He already had a brilliant idea in mind regarding the specific uses of those two Transformation Pills.

Such a good thing should of course be shared with my good brother Chen Yun.

It was definitely not to retaliate for the last time when the flying artifact's speed wasn't adjusted, leaving him bewildered in the starry sky.

Absolutely not!

Qin Le simply wanted him to experience what it was like to be a small animal; it was purely out of a friendly desire to share happiness.

Yes, that's it!

Noon, canteen.

Qin Le got his food and sat down in the usual spot where his dining buddies usually sat. When Chen Yun also came over with his tray, Qin Le gave him a genuinely sincere, slightly mysterious smile.

"Old Chen, my mom recently invented a new 'Enlightenment Pill,' do you want to try it?"

"Enlightenment Pill?" Chen Yun, who was shoveling rice into his mouth, looked up at the question and asked curiously, "What are its effects?"

The others also cast interested glances at it.

"My mom said it can slightly improve comprehension and aid in understanding." Qin Le said earnestly and naturally, "I tried it before, but as you know, with my comprehension... it was like trying without even trying, I didn't feel anything."

Everyone nodded in understanding.

With Qin Le's comprehension, this kind of elixir was like pouring a cup of water into the ocean to him; he really couldn't see any change.

"Wow, I didn't expect Auntie to start researching serious elixirs too?" Chen Yun raised an eyebrow in surprise, then held out his hand with great interest: "Let me try it!"

Given his relationship with Qin Le, he naturally wouldn't hesitate to accept such a valuable item. Moreover, he was indeed very interested in pills that could enhance comprehension.

"Give."

Qin Le smiled and placed a milky-white Transformation Pill in Chen Yun's palm.

Chen Yun, without suspecting anything, took it and put it directly into his mouth.

The next second—

"hiss--!!!"

An indescribable, terrifying taste, as if it contained all the bitterness in the world, exploded in his mouth in an instant!

Chen Yun's face contorted in pain as he grabbed the bowl of soup from the table and gulped it down.

It took him a while to catch his breath, and he grimaced, saying, "Damn... this flavor is too overpowering! It's got a strong aftereffect!"

Seeing Chen Yun successfully swallow the pill, Qin Le's sincerity vanished instantly, replaced by a wicked grin full of triumph and mischievous pleasure.

"Hehe... Tough enough, right?"

"You bastard, you tricked me?!"

Seeing Qin Le's expression, Chen Yun's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition instantly arose.

Having known Qin Le for over a decade, he was all too familiar with that smile of his—the kind of smile that was absolutely infuriating after a successful act of mischief!

"Yeah, I tricked you."

Qin Le admitted it very frankly, his smile growing even brighter, looking utterly irritating.

"Damn it! What the hell did you feed me?!"

Chen Yun gritted his teeth, having completely forgotten about the Enlightenment Pill; all he wanted to know now was its true effects.

The others couldn't help but laugh at this twist, eagerly awaiting what would happen next. They believed Qin Le was sensible and wouldn't actually harm Chen Yun, but the outcome of this trap would certainly be quite amusing.

"Do you remember... the last time I turned into a tabby cat?" Qin Le reminded him slowly, his eyes gleaming with the smugness of a triumphant prank.

"Holy crap!!! Qin Le, you're ruthless!!!"

Chen Yun instantly recalled the events and felt completely overwhelmed.

When Qin Le turned into a cat, he was the one who laughed the loudest and secretly vowed never to eat such a strange pill.

Unexpectedly, after so long, the revenge has still come!

As soon as he finished speaking, a soft white light suddenly emanated from his body, and he began to shrink rapidly.

The white light quickly dissipated.

At the dining table, next to Qin Le's original seat, there was now a small, fluffy, pure white rabbit. Chen Yun's clothes were scattered all over the floor.

Qin Le suppressed a laugh, picked up Chen Yun's clothes, haphazardly draped them over the little rabbit, and then used her clay-making skills to make the clothes barely fit Chen Yun's rabbit form—although it looked incongruous, like a doll dressed in human children's clothes.

"You just wait!"

Chen Yun, now transformed into a rabbit, glared at Qin Le with his ruby-like eyes, but to no avail; instead, he appeared even more comical.

"Oh, don't be angry." Qin Le added insult to injury, even taking out a small mirror and holding it up to the rabbit: "Look how cute it is!"

In the mirror, a snow-white rabbit wearing ill-fitting clothes looks utterly dejected.

Chen Yun turned his head away in disgust, pushed the mirror aside with his paw, and asked the most crucial question: "How long will this effect... last?!"

"Not sure." Qin Le put away the mirror, her smile incredibly kind. "I changed for quite a while last time. As for you... well, that's hard to say."

Chen Yun: "..."

At that moment, the light in the rabbit's eyes went out completely.