Rebellious Old Servant: From Gatekeeper to Immortal Emperor

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiao...

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It felt like a glimmer of hope appeared after a period of darkness.

It seems the Li family does indeed possess these two rare materials.

That was the best news for Qin Xiao.

As for any trouble with this spiritual material, it's much better than not being able to find it at all.

So, Qin Xiao looked at Li Ruoyou, his eyes flashing, and he had some guesses in his mind. He said:

"Patriarch Li, why is the alchemist from the City Lord's Mansion seizing your family's medicinal herb fields? Could it be that your Li family has fallen out with the City Lord's Mansion because the City Lord's Mansion has taken a liking to your family's medicinal herb fields?"

"That's not the case."

Li Ruoyou shook her head and looked at Qin Xiao with a complicated expression. "Uncle Lin, please don't ask anymore. After all, that's a private matter between my Li family and the City Lord's Mansion. As for what you want, my Li family is really unable to help you right now."

Clearly, Li Ruoyou was indeed rash and naive.

But ultimately, they knew what was important and didn't want their own affairs to affect outsiders.

Even the Li family was powerless against the pressure from the City Lord's Mansion. If it were anyone else, they would probably have been killed long ago.

Qin Xiao frowned. He could tell that Li Ruoyou didn't want him, an outsider, to get involved in the Li family's private affairs.

But Qin Xiao must obtain those two spiritual medicines as soon as possible.

Even if he offends the City Lord's Mansion, so what? Qin Xiao is not afraid of the City Lord's Mansion.

Thinking this, he instinctively reached out to speak—

"Oh no, Master! The Mistress has fallen ill again!"

Suddenly.

An anxious woman's voice came from afar.

Qin Xiao and Li Ruoyou both looked over.

Then a pretty young girl in a blue dress came running over, looking anxious.

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ruoyou's expression changed drastically. She then said to Qin Xiao, "I'm sorry, Uncle Lin, I have something to attend to at home, so I won't see you off. Please take care."

As she spoke, she completely disregarded Qin Xiao, and with a flash, she activated her movement technique and quickly arrived in front of the girl.

"Yu'er, what's wrong? Doctor Xu was watching over Mother, so why has Mother's illness relapsed?"

Li Ruoyou's face was grim. She said to the girl beside her, "Let's go, let's go to Mother's side quickly."

They watched as the two figures hurriedly disappeared into the distance.

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then utterly speechless:

"This head of the Li family is truly..."

The stranger was still there, yet she left without a second thought.

Aren't you afraid that Qin Xiao is a bad person who might do bad things to the Li family?

Qin Xiao didn't know what to say about Li Ruoyou.

"With the Li family in this woman's hands, even without the suppression from the City Lord's Mansion, they will probably decline sooner or later."

Qin Xiao shook his head. He did have a good impression of the girl's personality, but he could tell that she was not suitable to be the head of a family.

However, she is the only direct descendant of the Li family; otherwise, the position of family head would never have been passed down to someone with a personality like her.

"Let's follow them and see."

With a sigh, Qin Xiao slowly walked towards the two of them.

He had no intention of leaving without getting his hands on those two elixirs.

the other side.

Li Ruoyou and her personal maid, Yu'er, one of the few remaining loyal servants in the Li family, arrived at an elegant and beautiful boudoir.

Upon entering the boudoir.

Li Ruoyou then saw her unconscious mother, whose originally fair face was now covered with a thick black aura.

Her forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and her full, mature body trembled incessantly.

bedside.

A young woman dressed in a white dress, with delicate features and a slender figure, whose appearance and physique were both superb, was no less than Li Ruoyou's. She looked solemn and kept applying acupuncture to Madam Li's body.

Upon witnessing this scene, Li Ruoyou's heart leaped into her throat. She stared intently at the girl administering acupuncture, not daring to speak, for fear of disturbing the girl and causing problems for her mother.

After a long while...

The girl in the white dress finally stopped what she was doing and looked at Madam Li, who had finally calmed down.

She couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Sweat had unknowingly spread across his fair forehead.

At this moment, Li Ruoyou and Yu'er, who were standing to the side, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu'er quickly handed over a damp handkerchief: "Dr. Xu, please use this."

Thank you.

Dr. Xu took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Li Ruoyou, standing to the side, was extremely pale, her beautiful eyes filled with worry and panic as she looked at her unconscious mother on the bed.

Thinking of her mother's struggles just now, the girl's limbs went weak with fear, and she couldn't speak for a moment.

"Ruoyou, hurry up and find a way to get Qingluo Pill. Only Qingluo Pill can cure your aunt's illness."

Looking at Li Ruoyou's pale face, Doctor Xu sighed and said in a solemn tone.

Hearing this, Li Ruoyou finally came to her senses, but her expression turned somewhat unpleasant, and she said:

"Yiren, if we don't have Qingluo Pills, how much longer can Mother hold on like this? I suggest we ask someone to go to Jiufang City to buy some."

Jiufang City is the closest city to Black Mountain City.

That city was far more prosperous than Black Mountain City, with a population and area several times larger. Only there could Li Ruoyou buy the Azure Luo Pill.

"At most six days."

"I can say that," Dr. Xu said with certainty.

"What, six days?"

Li Ruoyou looked embarrassed. "How could this be? Six days is simply not enough time to travel back and forth between the two places."

"Do I really have to beg that bastard Luo Chen?"

At this point, a hint of resentment flashed in Li Ruoyou's eyes.

Luo Chen was the serving alchemist of the City Lord's Mansion, holding a very prestigious position within the mansion.

The Li family originally supplied medicinal herbs to the city lord's mansion, specifically for this alchemist.

But the reason the Li family has fallen to such a state is also because of this person.

Li Ruoyou knew that Luo Chen possessed a Qingluo Pill.

If she wants to get the Azure Luo Pill as soon as possible, she has no choice but to ask Luo Chen for help.

Doctor Xu frowned slightly and said:

"That alchemist Luo Chen you mentioned, does he really have the Azure Luo Pill?"

"As far as I know, the Qingluo Pill is extremely difficult to refine. It can be said that it is second only to the Spirit Pill. Alchemists who can refine this kind of pill are only one step away from becoming a first-grade alchemist. How could that alchemist Luo Chen have such ability?"

Dr. Xu knows this.

A first-grade alchemist is someone who can refine spiritual pills; only alchemists of that level are qualified to be called true alchemists.

The City Lord's Mansion's Elder Luo Chen is indeed skilled at alchemy, but he is still far from being a first-grade alchemist.

How could it be possible to refine the Azure Luo Pill?

"I don't know if he made those pills."

Li Ruoyou's face was gloomy. "But he does have a Qingluo Pill. A few days ago, he sent someone to tell me that if I wanted to get the Qingluo Pill, I had to agree to his demands."

"Is that so!"

Doctor Xu's expression changed, and he looked at Li Ruoyou with a sharp gaze: "No, Ruoyou, you absolutely cannot agree to Luo Chen's request."

"That beast has his eye on your spiritual body, forcing you to be his concubine and spend your life cultivating spiritual herbs for him."

"I believe that even if your aunt wakes up, she will never agree."