The King of Black Fog

The matter with the photo ended with an agreement at a price slightly unfair to both parties.

At dusk, standing at the Greek theater on the mountaintop and watching the sea lick the coast for a while, Li Changzhou and his group met up with Yafeiluna.

A resort hotel with a conference room.

"At that time, I and Mosquito will disguise as your subordinates," Yang Qinglan instructed Yafeiluna.

"Okay," Yafeiluna responded.

Anyway, she would do as instructed without any doubts.

"Alright, you can go down first. Let me know when people arrive," Li Changzhou said.

"Yes."

After Yafeiluna left, Li Qianxia lay on the soft bed, her body as straight as a matchstick.

Tired, and mentally exhausted too, she didn't sleep, but lying like that, half-sleeping, was very comfortable.

In the suite's living room, Yang Qinglan took out the "Little Jade Cauldron" and began to practice alchemy.

According to the Elixir recipe built into the Little Jade Cauldron, no additional herbs were needed; just refined pharmaceuticals.

First, she added "figs."

The jade-made pill furnace turned red, shining like a piece of coal in a fire pit, but without any heat waves.

Fifteen minutes later, a strand of white mist rose from the lid of the cauldron, turning the Little Jade Cauldron back to its jade color.

Yang Qinglan's slender hand lifted the lid, and inside lay three "Constitution Pills" neatly.

"Three pills?" Li Changzhou pondered for a moment.

According to the information obtained by Yafeiluna, the church could only make one bottle of attribute-boosting pharmaceutical from one herb.

And the "Constitution Pill," according to its introduction, could enhance one point of constitution per pill.

"Is it that the church's pharmaceutical can enhance three points, or is the Little Jade Cauldron more advanced, maximizing the use of the pharmaceuticals to produce three pills?" he half-asked, half-muttered to himself.

"I guess it's the latter," Yang Qinglan casually remarked, uninterested in things that thinking would not solve.

Just like the first time she took Li Changzhou into the instance without telling him anything, because those pieces of information were useless for getting through the instance.

She pinched a jade bead-like "Constitution Pill."

[Name: Constitution Pill]

[Type: Elixir Pills]

[Quality: A]

[Special Effect: Increases one point of constitution]

[Minimum Use Conditions: Life Form]

[Introduction: The constitution max limit is 10 points; ineffective for players whose constitution is already at 10, slightly restores ability.]

[Note: No side effects, a perfectly crafted elixir pill—produced by Little Jade Cauldron]

Yang Qinglan ate one pill.

A tingling sensation began in her stomach and spread throughout her body, as comforting as being showered with warm water.

Once the comfort passed, the mental fatigue swept away, and her body returned to the state she was in in the morning when they first arrived at April 9th Square.

"Qian Xia." She called out to the bedroom.

"...Hmm." Li Qianxia's voice came muffled, face still buried in the pillow, barely moving, sounding almost asleep.

Yang Qinglan then took another pill and popped it into her mouth, boosting her constitution to 10 points, while giving Li Changzhou a look.

Li Changzhou picked up the last pill, stood up, and took two or three large steps to the bedside, and like washing a sleeping child's face, forcefully smeared it on his sister's face.

"Ow, ow—," Li Qianxia suddenly sat up, clutching her throat, "What did you feed me?!"

"Leftovers stuck in your teeth."

"You—" Li Qianxia's expression reached an extreme of disgust, but suddenly a wave of comfort overtook her body, interrupting her nausea.

What? Could it be that I'm the weirdo? Am I the weirdo? Feeling comfortable eating something from my brother's teeth?

Li Qianxia fell into self-doubt, her expression dazed, but then she suddenly spotted the Little Jade Cauldron and the remaining one herb in the living room and understood what she had just consumed.

She jumped out of bed, grabbed a pillow, and swung it at her brother from behind.

But she didn't hurl any insults, as she didn't have time to bother with that at the moment.

"Let's go out for a night market stroll!" she exclaimed excitedly.

Whether it was the "Constitution Pill" restoring her spirits, or the boost in constitution, Li Qianxia was now as excited as a dog ready for a walk, eyeing its owner carrying a big pot of veggie leaves toward the pigpen—the dogs and pigs metaphor courtesy of Li Changzhou, who was now picking up the pillow.

"The tour is already over," Yang Qinglan ruthlessly vetoed the dog's walk and the pig's meal proposition.

She then asked, "We have one herb left. Should we continue making Constitution Pills, or save it for making other elixir pills?"

Now that all three of their constitutions were at 10 points, and a single full-value herb could serve as an auxiliary material for other elixir pills, logically, there was no need to continue making Constitution Pills.

But Li Changzhou thought for a moment and said, "Let's make it. We can give one to Yafeiluna later. If her performance improves, it wouldn't hurt to reward her a bit more."

Yang Qinglan glanced at him.

"Qing Lan, don't be jealous," the energized Li Qianxia scooted over, "My brother is just being generous. Yafeiluna went through so much trouble for him, and he doesn't care about keeping one or two herbs. It's just a way to repay her. Remember when we were kids..."

Yang Qinglan wasn't actually jealous; she just noticed another side of Li Changzhou, which is why she looked at him longer.

But she didn't explain, just listened to Li Qianxia's little story.

Li Changzhou had never worked, but he had earned some money through studying, especially from being the number one in humanities in Ming City, for which he was awarded 300,000 yuan.

With that 300,000 yuan, Li Qianxia was all set to slack off in college, when an old man from their village had an accident on his electric trike.

Most of the villagers still living there were poor, and the old man's family couldn't afford the medical expenses.

Li Changzhou covered 280,000 yuan of the medical costs for the man and firmly refused repayment, all because years ago, when their grandparents had passed away, the old man had helped find people to carry the coffin.