Cultivation: Starting from a Mortal Bone

Qin Yu suddenly thought of the Emotion Point he got from Yin Qinghe last night, but his face didn’t dare show a hint of it, still looking respectful as always.

"Mm, morning."

Yin Qinghe replied offhandedly, her peach blossom eyes still lazy and a bit sleepy.

This had never happened before, but last night Qin Yu broke that!

Actually, it probably stopped at midnight, but Yin Qinghe herself couldn’t fall asleep after.

Xu An, being a longtime shopkeeper, instantly noticed Yin Qinghe’s state wasn’t great: "Mistress, you... Did you not rest well?"

It wouldn’t be so bad if he didn’t mention it, but as soon as he did, her peach blossom eyes flashed with a fury that really wanted to slap someone!

Especially when Yin Qinghe found Qin Yu looking so spirited, while she herself was yawning nonstop—her heart felt more and more unbalanced!

Damn it!

"No, it’s fine!"

Yin Qinghe bit her lips, forcing out those words, her peach blossom eyes fiercely glanced over Qin Yu.

But in front of so many people, she didn’t dare make it too obvious.

She couldn’t even talk to Qin Yu directly and ask him to pay attention.

If she said anything, wouldn’t that mean she actually heard something?

That’s unacceptable!

Besides, this was Qin Yu’s private matter—could she really meddle in his couple’s affairs?

Even though Qin Yu kept his head down, he sharply sensed a gaze linger on him, and in his heart, there was a sudden jolt!

He’s doomed!

Looks like Mistress is angry.

Does that mean he won’t get anything good from now on?

Thankfully, Yin Qinghe’s gaze soon moved away.

With a sweep, she saw Qin Yu and Xu An holding a wooden box, tallying accounts, and asked, "What’s this..."

"Reporting, Mistress, I bought some medicinal materials for personal use; Xu... Shopkeeper is counting the numbers." Qin Yu answered.

Yin Qinghe’s eyes flashed with appreciation.

Not bad.

First day here, he’s already buying medicinal ingredients for alchemy—really hardworking!

The so-called Heavenly Dao rewards the diligent.

That’s how it is! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

No one succeeds easily.

This disciple, being able to have Middle Tier Spiritual Power at this age, there’s definitely a reason!

Guessing, when he lived outside the city, he must’ve been exploring endlessly... Practicing alchemy skills, huh?

Thinking of that, Yin Qinghe’s gaze softened, and the earlier annoyance was tossed aside.

She even spoke up, hoping to keep Qin Yu: "Shopkeeper Xu, Qin Yu is now one of us at Danxin Herb Hall, no need to count those herbs."

A person who values emotion and loyalty needs to be tied down with sentiment.

Qin Yu felt a bit embarrassed, awkward and flustered: "Mistress, this... this is my personal purchase for myself, how can I take advantage of the shop?"

"You sure treat me like an outsider!"

Yin Qinghe’s lips curved into a faint smile.

With her cultivation and Spiritual Power, she could naturally sense Qin Yu’s general level—at Qi Refining Second Layer, the medicinal liquids he can refine are just the basic kinds.

They’re not worth much.

"Let me see what they are. These little things, Mistress still calls the shots."

"Mistress, don’t—"

As Yin Qinghe spoke, her jade hand gently lifted the lid of the box. Qin Yu wanted to stop her, but didn’t dare offend such a beautiful Mistress.

Click.

After the crisp sound of opening the box, there was several seconds of silence.

Qin Yu was stared at by those peach blossom eyes, from a smiling mouth to a gaze full of embarrassment and anger, making him utterly uncomfortable.

"You... really are hardworking!"

Yin Qinghe squeezed the words out between clenched teeth.

She just hated that she thought too highly of this guy!

First day, early in the morning, he’s here to buy these kinds of supplements?!

Was last night’s commotion not enough?

He wants to get bigger, stronger, achieve another breakthrough?!

Thinking how she said she’d give those supplements to Qin Yu for free, Yin Qinghe suddenly felt all kinds of not okay!

He didn’t even eat them, still tormented her so she only slept at midnight—is this his plan to make her lose sleep all night?

No—wait! It’s not torturing her, that’s not right...

In any case, all Qin Yu’s fault!

Frustrated, even Yin Qinghe’s loose robes trembled slightly.

Qin Yu lowered his gaze even more and hurriedly said, "Mistress, I’ll pay, I’ll pay."

"Whatever you want!"

Snap!

Something like that, Yin Qinghe headed straight for the backyard, leaving everyone with only her cold and indifferent back.

Qin Yu packed up his herbs, and then heard an angry voice from behind the curtain, "Come here! You’re going to practice alchemy with me today!"

Looks like the Master isn’t around, so Mistress will be teaching him herself!

Qin Yu followed right behind his beautiful Mistress, heading toward the Alchemy Room.

Of course, under Yin Qinghe’s barely contained glare, he first had to put those supplements back in his little room...

Bam!

Entering the Alchemy Room, Qin Yu was genuinely amazed.

There were a ton of alchemy furnaces—some big, some small, some high, some low—clearly forged for different herbs and ingredients.

Lots of high tier herbs were placed on racks, and there was a tightly shut room inside, reserved for Master Zhao to refine elixirs.

Sister Zhao Mengli was incredibly diligent; when Qin Yu arrived, she’d already refined a batch of medicinal ingredients.

"You go ahead and refine a batch first, then I’ll correct you!"

Fair enough, even if this Mistress showed some temper, it only added to her charm.

Especially those naturally curved peach blossom eyes—when she’s angry, she fails to look intimidating; instead, there’s a tempting allure, hard to hide the seductiveness.

But Qin Yu truly had no time to admire her. His goal was simple and resolute... he came to learn alchemy skills!

It was rare for Mistress to personally teach, so he had to seize this opportunity.

"May Mistress kindly instruct me!"

Qin Yu cupped his hand and took out his own alchemy furnace.

But as soon as she saw his furnace, Yin Qinghe couldn’t help but wrinkle her brow.

Just as Qin Yu took out the small furnace, Yin Qinghe frowned, "That’s your alchemy furnace?"

This is just too shabby!

This furnace was not only small and old, but had several visible cracks across it. Not only was it useless for alchemy, if he messed up once or twice, it might just crack open then and there.

"Um..."

Yin Qinghe wanted to say something, but then felt from the bottom of her heart that Qin Yu had it tough.

No master, no guidance, even his furnace was a pile of junk, improvising as he went, and still, at this age, managed such achievements all on his own.

Even Zhao Mengli looked at Qin Yu with admiring eyes, stopping her own alchemy to watch the new junior disciple.

"Here, use this instead."

Yin Qinghe took out a brand new furnace and handed it to Qin Yu.

This furnace had not only exquisite materials, but even had a small Fire Gathering Array carved on it.

"There’s a Fire Gathering Array on here. Use it carefully!"

Afraid he didn’t know how, Yin Qinghe patiently explained.

Qin Yu had heard of it, but furnaces with Fire Gathering Arrays were way out of his budget.

Gotta say, Mistress was truly good to him!

Such kindness—how could he ever repay it?

Only by earnestly learning alchemy, striving to become a real Alchemist as soon as possible.