The man wiped the blood off his face and looked at Yuchi with admiration: "Brother, you’re not bad either, you’re quite ruthless. You might want to be more careful. Someone did the same thing before and went too hard, and they couldn’t save the other person. Now the grass on their grave is over a yard high."

The pharmacist was at a loss at this point and helplessly walked up to Yuchi, saying, "Alright, alright, I’ll be honest with you. There’s no way Miss Lanyu would meet with you just like that. We’ve seen many people like you. If you manage to meet Miss Lanyu today, I’ll give you my head."

But all Yuchi wanted was a chance to talk to this pharmacist. He slipped the envelope directly into the pharmacist’s hand, along with a couple of pieces of silver, saying, "Brother, help me out. I used to know Miss Lanyu. If you give her this letter, she will definitely agree to meet me."

Pharmacist: "..."

Silently, the pharmacist took the silver, finally showing a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

Alright, let’s see what new tricks you have. He then took the letter inside, tossing the silver in his hand and muttering to himself, "These young people today are quite exaggerated. We’ve already said there’s no chance, yet here he is, insisting on coming over."

"Write a letter? Have you ever wondered why our medicine workshop has a desk specifically for letter writing? It’s precisely to give people like you a chance and to prevent you from causing trouble. Otherwise, do you think ink, paper, and brushes don’t cost money? Many have tried this before and without exception, all failed."

"If you succeed, I’ll give you my head as well." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

He casually tossed the letter into a medicine basket beside him, which already contained over twenty letters. And it wasn’t even noon yet. By evening, there would likely be over fifty letters.

After finishing this, the pharmacist returned to the main hall. When Yuchi, who was somewhat expectantly looking his way, he said directly, "Miss Lanyu doesn’t have time right now. When she takes a break at noon, she’ll read through these letters one by one. So, if by three-quarters past noon you still haven’t seen Miss Lanyu, please leave and stop disrupting our business."

Three-quarters past noon, it’s like being dragged out for execution... But it’s almost that time now, just another half an hour or so, and he could wait a little longer.

Yuchi cheerfully said, "Alright, thank you very much."

Pharmacist: "It’s just business."

Meanwhile, Yuchi felt an odd weight in his sleeve, curious, he peeked inside. To his surprise, little silver-haired Yin Shuang was peeking at him, her eyes filled with a plea and a small expectation.

Yuchi was taken aback.

He held onto his sleeve and walked into a nearby alley. Once Yin Shuang was standing on his palm, he incredulously asked, "Ancestor, did you finish the elixirs I gave you?!"

Yin Shuang nodded, her hands behind her back, head lowered, barefoot, and shyly twisting her toes in Yuchi’s palm.

Yuchi was dumbfounded. He understood now—she had finished all the elixirs. But according to the pattern, wasn’t one elixir supposed to last a month? Why did she finish them in just about an hour, oh little ancestor, who can sustain your consumption rate?

"Mmm."

Yin Shuang let out a small whimper, looking somewhat aggrieved.

Yuchi: "..."

Eat, eat, eat the big ones, I’ll buy more for you, alright... He anxiously bought another Qi Cultivation realm elixir, costing a thousand silver each. For Yuchi, selling his kidneys non-stop wasn’t enough to keep up with this elixir consumption rate.

"Please, eat them slowly."

Yin Shuang was delighted.

She happily crawled into the card, continuing her old habit. Holding the elixir with both hands, she skipped across the water’s surface, then plopped down on her silver hair, joyfully munching on a Foundation Establishment Pill as large as a watermelon, taking little bites out of it.

She devoured it with relish.

"If you were in my past life, you would be quite suitable as a food blogger, but is eating elixirs this way really okay? With so many people around, I can’t just whip out the scroll Hongyu gave me to see exactly how to nurture Yin Shuang."

"Money isn’t an issue, but if I give up silver today and Yin Shuang suddenly kicks the bucket one day, that’d be too tragic for me."

Overconsumption of elixirs is harmful, isn’t it? What if one day the elixir is too potent for Yin Shuang’s tiny frame—what then? This little guy is no more than a palm’s length right now, like an exquisite collectible figure. Yet, she’s just eaten a huge watermelon. Can she really handle this?!

"I’m afraid not!"

Filled with strong curiosity and doubt, Yuchi returned to the medicine workshop to wait for Qin Lanyu’s appearance. And there was indeed a reason why he was certain she would appear.

...

Inside Lanyu Medicine Workshop.

The content of the letter was very simple, succinctly stating: Miaoyu is in my hands.

The face beneath the hat was shaded, and under the long veil, Qin Lanyu squinted her narrow eyes, holding a letter in one hand while crushing the medicinal herbs in the other till they were a pulp.

Then, she went straight to the pharmacist from before.

"Is this person still here?" Qin Lanyu asked coldly, her face betraying an uncontrollable madness.

"Yes, he’s here." The pharmacist replied, watching Qin Lanyu with trepidation. As for the content of the letter in her hand, he wasn’t sure, but the bloodstains on it clearly came from Yuchi’s previous punch to his chest—so what exactly did this guy write?