84 I Need to Impress My In-law

Lan Xiang retreated for a bit as he almost made contact with the blue flame. He felt that if he touched it, he, too, would be burnt. 'This... it's an expert above my cultivation!'

Ning Muqin slowly approached the cloaked figure, her assistant in tow.

Lan Xiang turned to face her. The first impression he had of this unknown woman was— dominant. She seemed like someone who would usually keep her calm, but was definitely not one to be messed with. Then, his head was filled with questions. 'Who is this woman, why did she help me, and why is she approaching me right now?'

Meanwhile, Ning Muqin was a nervous wreck inside. 'There she is, my one and only hope... If I mess up here, I will never be able to redeem myself...!'

And so, her movements were extremely rigid. This gave Lan Xiang the impression that she was a woman of high status. "Cultivation level higher than mine, a lackey following her, a walk like that of a princess... she must be someone from the 5 major families!"

Eventually, Ning Muqin arrived at Lan Xiang's side. She cleared her throat before talking, her gaze directed towards Xu Tianping who was sneaking away. "This pill refiner here is my benefactor. Would you mind explaining to me what you were planning to do to her?"

Lan Xiang: "???"

Xu Tianping gulped as he softly massaged his burnt hand. "Uh, madam, I, uh... I was just about to..."

Ning Muqin raised her eyebrow, threatening Xu Tianping. "I- I was just about to give her a welcome party! To feel welcomed by Wuji Street, hehe..."

Xu Tianping looked to his vendor-lackeys and screamed, "You! All of you, what are you doing pressuring Miss X over here to go away from her stall? Here, you ask for forgiveness right now... and bring your most valuable gifts!"

The vendors cursed Xu Tianping in their minds. 'F*ck you, this whole operation was your idea!'

However, the intimidating gaze from Xu Tianping gave them no choice but to accede. One by one, they begrudgingly placed their offerings on the ground, surrounding the confused Lan Xiang.

As they turned to leave, they felt chills run down their spines.

Ning Muqin had her arms crossed. "Hmm? I didn't see you apologize?"

Xu Tianping bit his lip as he bowed, pushing the vendor right next to him down as well. As they looked at each other, every one of them followed suit. "We are sorry, Miss X."

Ning Muqin smiled as she looked at Miss X.

Lan Xiang breathed as he looked at the items that the vendors gave him. They were all... utter crap. "I don't need these, take them away. As for forgiveness, just don't show your faces around me again and I'll be fine. I won't be showing up here after today anyway."

The crowd all hissed as they heard the last thing that Miss X said. That's right! How could they forget? Miss X had already stated that today would be the last time she would refine pills, and not only that, she would only accept the first 14 requests!

Soon enough, the crowd was riled up again.

Xu Tianping and the others did a tactical retreat and disappeared.

Ning Muqin glanced at the crowd that was eager to run towards Miss X. 'She must have a high reputation for the crowd to crave her pills this much! I came to the right place!'

Lan Xiang headed towards his spot and sighed. Immediately as he set his rug down and took out his cauldron, a line formed in front of him, with Ning Muqin at the very front.

"Okay, let's start... first one!"

Lan Xiang reached out his hand.

Ning Muqin was flustered. "Eh? Wha...?"

"Tsk. Read the sign, lady!" An impatient customer shouted from behind.

And so, Ning Muqin looked at the piece of paper stuck on the cauldron. Then, she took out the scroll that contained the recipe of the Body Reconstruction Pill she had in her handbag. '...Ah, but I have no ingredients!'

Beside her, her assistant, who was hauling a briefcase full of ingredients waved it in front of her.

"Ah, thanks."

"I did my prior research and heard that you needed to provide both the recipe and all the ingredients. If not for the fact that the refining of the pill itself was free, I would've thought that it was a scam and I never would've told you about her."

Ning Muqin appreciated this assistant of hers very much. She took the briefcase and, coupled with the recipe, gave it to Lan Xiang.

"Here, Miss X." As she handed the two items to Miss X, Ning Muqin noticed that her own hands were shivering.

"Ah." The briefcase and the recipe slipped from Ning Muqin's hands, dropping on Miss X's lap. "--! I, I'm really sorry, Miss X!"

Lan Xiang flashed an amicable smile. "It's fine."

"Ah, and also, could you make it within the day...?" Ning Muqin gulped as she observed Miss X's reaction with bated breath.

Lan Xiang nodded as he pushed the briefcase to the side and picked up the scroll. He rolled the container around and examined the design. Lines flowed through its surface in waves, reminding Lan Xiang of water.

'Hm, I feel like I've seen this design before... Ah, that's right! Jian'er showed it to me. She mentioned that this pattern is inscribed in everything that the Xie Family owns...

Wait a minute, the Xie Family owns this scroll recipe...?'

Lan Xiang sneaked a peek at Ning Muqin.

'No, she's not Jian'er's mother. She can't be her sister either, she looks too old. Maybe an aunt...?'

Lan Xiang shook his head. 'Maybe I'm overthinking it. The Xie family probably sells pill recipes and this is one of them.'

Setting aside his worries, Lan Xiang twisted the lustrous cap off and pulled the scroll out. He opened the scroll bit by bit, revealing its contents one line at a time.

A ding from the system sounded out, indicating that this recipe had been recorded in its storage.

Lan Xiang moved it out of the backlog in place of some other pill recipe. It was then that he widened his eyes in shock and glanced back and forth between the scroll and Ning Muqin.

She, on the other hand, became dispirited. Seeing the disbelief on Miss X's face made Ning Muqin think that the former was amazed at how ludicrous her request was. 'I knew it. Even the grandmaster pill refiners in the Xie Family can't do it in such a short time, how can I expect a roadside pill refiner to do so?'

After regaining her composure, she wanted to take the recipe and ingredients back and prepare for her son's funeral. However, Miss X's reaction was off to what she thought would happen.

"...! Don't worry, miss! I'll refine this pill to the extent of my abilities!"

Lan Xiang stared at the system's description of this pill recipe in a daze.

Body Reconstruction Pill Recipe (Phoenix Rebirth Pill: degraded version)

Gold level technique

Requirement: Level 10 (Elemental Mastery Realm)

Pill effect: Extremely high

Founder: Xie Tianya (1095 years ago)

Advance: 10000 t-pts.

Sell value: 5000 t-pts.

His mind was on an unstoppable train.

'This recipe is a Gold level technique! The Xie Family would never sell something as valuable as this! That means that this woman here really is from the Xie Family! An in-law!' Lan Xiang bit his lip. 'I have to impress my in-law!!'