The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 786: Old, Ugly, and with a Black Heart!

Chapter 786: Old, Ugly, and with a Black Heart!

"Where?!" Shi Miaomiao was the first to fly over.

She snatched the book and looked at the diagrams of the pill’s patterns. Then, she raised the book high to compare it with the pill in front of her, her eyes wide in disbelief.

Indeed, whether it was the scent of the pill or the patterns on it, everything matched the description in the Ten Thousand Pill Compendium perfectly.

Her eyes widened further as she read the pill’s name and effects. It turned out to be the Divine Origin Fire Pill, a pill designed to expel cold energy from the body. While its effects were singular, they were potent: a single dose could remove all the coldness from the body, making it an excellent remedy for women seeking to balance their health.

Shi Miaomiao looked at the waiter and asked, "Who brought this pill?"

"It was a man who doesn’t look much," the waiter replied. "But he didn’t bring it in—he made it on the spot after checking an elderly woman’s pulse."

"He made it on the spot?" Shi Miaomiao was taken aback.

The waiter nodded. "Yes, Miss. He asked the chefs to stew the pill with a three-colored red-fire chicken."

The more Shi Miaomiao heard, the more mystical it seemed. She hurriedly flipped through the book again.

It turned out that when this pill was stewed with the three-colored red-fire chicken, it would completely eliminate cold energy from the body and even help people with extremely cold constitutions to adjust and become more suitable for cultivation.

This person... was definitely a skilled alchemist!

"I’ll make the soup," Shi Miaomiao declared.

Everyone was shocked. Even when Lord Shi asked for a medicinal dish, Shi Miaomiao wouldn’t step into the kitchen. Yet now, she was voluntarily preparing a medicinal dish for an unknown pill cultivator?

The head chef was puzzled. "Miss, we’ll handle it. You shouldn’t need to do it yourself."

"You can’t control the heat for this stew," Shi Miaomiao rolled up her sleeves and began preparing, "This person used such a rare pill to test our Shi Family’s strength. He’s not just showing off; he’s here to evaluate us."

The head chef clicked his tongue in realization. "So it’s like that?"

Shi Miaomiao used the Flame of North Wilderness, an otherworldly flame that Shi Family ancestors had painstakingly retrieved from the Northern Wilderness. Only members of the Shi Family could inherit it.

In less than two cups of tea’s time, she had perfected the stew. The heat was just right. Even without lifting the lid, the fragrance was intoxicating.

Just inhaling a few breaths made everyone feel warm and comfortable. After a few more breaths, sweat began to bead on their foreheads and backs.

Shi Miaomiao quickly sealed the stew in a food box and said, "This dish should only be consumed by those who need it. You all don’t have much cold energy in you. If you take too many breaths, you might get a nosebleed or disturb your Qi Refining practice."

Everyone quickly held their breath upon hearing this.

Shi Miaomiao personally took the stew to Nanli.

When she entered the room and saw Nanli sitting there, her posture upright, she was taken aback for a moment.

Though Nanli wasn’t strikingly beautiful, there was something extraordinary about her presence.

But as she looked closer, Shi Miaomiao felt that Nanli’s face seemed strangely familiar, as though she had seen her somewhere before.

Suddenly, she had a flash of insight. "You’re... Elder Zhang from Penglai Island, aren’t you?!"

Ye Yanqin immediately grew tense.

Nanli remained calm, only saying, "I’m merely using his appearance. Miss Shi, please take a seat."

Shi Miaomiao squinted and didn’t reveal anything. With a wave of her hand, she shut the door.

She had her trusted aide deliver the stew to Nanli and asked, "You don’t show your true face, and you test the Shi Family with a medicinal dish. What exactly is your purpose?"

Nanli opened the lid and looked at the stew.

Indeed, the stew was perfectly made, with the pill and red-fire chicken infused together. After consumption, the effects would be even more profound.

She pushed the stew bowl to Ye Yanqin and said, "Eat it while it’s hot, and don’t leave a single drop."

"Yes, Master!" Ye Yanqin, who had looked like an elderly woman, addressed a middle-aged man as "Master," which made Shi Miaomiao furrow her brow.

Nanli’s reaction was even stronger. She turned sharply to look at Shi Miaomiao.

Ye Yanqin stuck out her tongue and quickly added, "I mean, sister."

Nanli sighed helplessly and went along with her preference.

She turned to Shi Miaomiao and said, "Miss Shi, you’re a straightforward person, so I’ll speak frankly. I want to exchange a pill recipe with the Shi Family for a Five Elements Nascent Soul Pill."

Upon hearing this, Shi Miaomiao sneered.

"The Five Elements Nascent Soul Pill’s ingredients have been extinguished. There is no way to make it anymore in the Immortal World," she said, her tone full of disdain. "Shi Family has two such pills left, which we plan to keep for promising young cultivators. What makes you think I’d trade one for your recipe?"

"I guarantee that my pill recipes are unique," Nanli replied calmly.

"Unique or not, with the Immortal World’s spiritual energy depletion, even rare herbs can’t be grown anymore, so many pills are becoming exceedingly precious. Your recipes may be unique, but they can’t be made. Am I right?" Shi Miaomiao retorted.

Even if she had a unique recipe, it would be of little use to her or the Shi Family.

This deal was a loss for her, and she couldn’t believe that she had regarded this man with some favor earlier—only to find out he was scheming against her!

Now, not only was he old, ugly, but he also had a black heart!

Nanli remained unbothered, slowly smiling. "The recipe I’ve carefully chosen, if you can’t make it, then it’s your own incompetence, not the fault of the herbs."

"What did you say?!" Shi Miaomiao slammed her hand on the table. "No one in the Immortal World has ever called me incompetent! You old, ugly, and black-hearted man—say one more arrogant word, and I’ll chop you up and bury you in the herb field!"

Ye Yanqin was startled.

Just as she was about to speak to ease the tension, Nanli tossed a pill book at Shi Miaomiao.

"Then prove it for yourself," Nanli said.

"Do you think you’re worthy?" Shi Miaomiao suddenly realized. "So, you want to steal my alchemy skills? Let me tell you, alchemy is about talent. It’s not something you can learn just by trying."

Nanli smiled. "I see, the Immortal World has never had a great Pill Cultivator, which is why you’re so arrogant. Well then, I’ll show you today what true alchemy talent looks like."

With that, she took out the Divine Lotus Tripod.

She carefully arranged the herbs and began refining.

Using Zhang Dan’s low, rough voice, Nanli continued, "The Heaven-Turning Pill can allow a cultivator to increase their cultivation several times with a single breath. In the past, such a pill would cause the cultivator to die of exhaustion after an hour, but with my improvements, it will only deplete their spiritual energy for three days."

As she spoke, Nanli refined the pill with Dragon Flame True Fire.

She was calm and composed, each ingredient placed at the perfect moment, and when it came time to form the pill, it was flawless. In no time at all, a batch of pills was completed.

Shi Miaomiao’s eyes contracted.

Her breath nearly stopped.

There were four or five pills in the batch—each one perfect, round, and of exceptional quality!

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