She Even Wanted to Follow Xu Mu

Li Hongdou was genuinely moved. This wasn’t some eighth- or ninth-grade heavenly treasure—it was a divine medicine!

Even at her current second level of the Boundary-Breaking Realm, consuming a treasure of this caliber would still give her a substantial boost.

Aside from Li Hongdou, the most shocked was Lin Ruoshi.

She had only met Xu Mu once before, yet he had not only saved her life but was now planning to share the divine medicine with her. She was truly overwhelmed by his generosity.

[Favorability +30]

Compared with the other two, Nalan Shisan was much calmer. After all, she had known for a long time that Xu Mu was a generous man.

If she consumed the divine medicine Xu Mu had given them, she might even be able to enter the Boundary-Breaking Realm.

[Favorability +30]

“Xu Mu, how could I possibly accept this? I think I’ll pass.”

Lin Ruoshi hurriedly waved her hands, lowering her head as she spoke in a soft voice. “You’ve already saved my life, and now you’re giving me divine medicine too. I have no way to repay you.”

“If you can’t repay him, then marry him,” Chen Xuan said with a grin from the side. “Brother Mu is a good man. If I were a woman, I’d definitely join his harem.”

Lin Ruoshi’s face turned even redder at that.

“Stop talking nonsense. Everyone gets a share.”

Xu Mu put the ring away again.

“Xu Mu, I’m curious. No one here knows that you obtained the spatial ring, so why don’t you secretly hide it away?” Li Hongdou suddenly asked. “I can understand you sharing the divine medicine with those two women—they’re both stunning beauties. But what about this old woman?”

“Senior, women become more refined with age.”

“Bah! How dare you make fun of me!”

Li Hongdou shot Xu Mu a glare. “Be serious!”

[Favorability +10]

“Senior contributed greatly this time. The divine medicine is what you deserve.”

Xu Mu naturally couldn’t tell her the real reason.

He had distributed the divine medicine in order to earn Justice Points from the three people standing before him.

This batch of divine medicine could not only increase their strength but also completely heal the hidden injuries in their bodies.

Perhaps Xiao Gui had wanted this medicine so he could save someone.

In any case, Xu Mu had no injured companions on his side, so he might as well distribute it among the people present.

After his refinement, there was a very good chance that Nalan Shisan would be able to enter the Boundary-Breaking Realm.

She had once been stronger than Fu Jinyu, but after Xu Mu helped Fu Jinyu improve, Fu Jinyu had already entered the Boundary-Breaking Realm first. Helping Nalan Shisan break through now would surely prove useful in the future.

……

The group returned to the Snow Woman clan’s territory. By the time they arrived, night had already fallen.

After traveling from the inner realm of the Hanyu family back to the outside world, it was still nighttime there as well.

Fortunately, time passed at roughly the same rate in both realms. Otherwise, this hidden entrance would have been exposed with ease.

After all, there were no ruins whatsoever on the rocky beach opposite them.

If it were nighttime on this side but daytime could be seen through the passage to the other side, anyone passing by would immediately discover it.

They entered a building nearby.

Zhang Wei was sitting near the door, while Izayoi Chengxiang was lying on the bed, flipping through a book.

Her phone had already been confiscated. Zhang Wei certainly did not want this woman to continue passing along information.

The door was pushed open, and Xu Mu and the others entered together.

When Zhang Wei saw Lin Ruoshi, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, she was safe.

Otherwise, Zhang Wei would have made a serious mistake this time.

“Little Shi, you’re back?”

When Izayoi Chengxiang saw them enter, her heart filled with shock.

She had never expected that these three people would actually manage to rescue Lin Ruoshi.

“Chengxiang…”

“Don’t talk to her. She’s a mole. You were captured because she leaked the information.”

Li Hongdou patted Lin Ruoshi on the shoulder from behind.

Lin Ruoshi stared at the woman in disbelief, then immediately closed her mouth.

“Little Shi, this was all my fault. I was too quick to trust people,” Zhang Wei said regretfully.

“You can’t be blamed for this. The real problem was that something happened on the Snow Woman’s side.”

Li Hongdou took out her phone. “I’ll call headquarters first and report everything.”

Xu Mu used his perception to check the surroundings and discovered that there was no one else nearby.

He then said, “I’ll refine the heavenly treasures from this trip first. Don’t disturb me while I’m doing it.”

“I’ll stand guard beside you,” Chen Xuan said with a smile.

“Good.”

Xu Mu nodded, left the building, and headed to a flat area in the rear mountains.

Once there, he took out his alchemy furnace.

Then he removed Susanoo’s ring and placed the divine medicine and all the other heavenly treasures from this trip on the ground.

Chen Xuan and Nalan Shisan stood not far away, watching Xu Mu.

Xu Mu entered a state of complete focus and began skillfully handling the heavenly treasures.

Before long, Li Hongdou and Lin Ruoshi also came over and looked toward Xu Mu, who was already meditating in concentration.

“His movements while refining pills are absolutely flawless.”

Li Hongdou had already learned from Ji Liang that Xu Mu was a powerful alchemist. At first, she had assumed he was merely like the alchemists of the younger generation.

Now, however, she realized how terribly mistaken she had been.

Li Hongdou had seen many master alchemists from the older generation refine pills, but she had never seen anyone do it like Xu Mu—without needing to think at all.

It was as though the entire process had become muscle memory, with every step calculated perfectly in his mind long ago.

After about forty minutes, Xu Mu extinguished the flames.

This time, it had gone a little faster since he hadn’t refined very many. He had only made five pills—enough to give one to each person present.

“All done.”

Xu Mu put away the pill furnace and walked over with the pills in hand. “Here, one for each of you.”

Lin Ruoshi was still too embarrassed to take hers, but Xu Mu grabbed her hand and placed the pill in her palm.

“Can I eat it right away?” Nalan Shisan asked with a smile.

“Of course. I deliberately added some precious materials that enhance metal-type power.”

Xu Mu nodded.

“Thank you, hubby,” Nalan Shisan said with a grin.

[Affection +10]

“Don’t call me that!”

Xu Mu waved his hand helplessly.

Nalan Shisan popped the pill into her mouth. The enormous medicinal power of the divine elixir instantly flooded her entire body.

Her long silver hair whipped wildly around her as the qi within her suddenly surged, repeatedly battering the barrier inside her body.

Her face began to flush, and large beads of sweat rolled down her skin.

After several consecutive impacts, golden power suddenly burst from her pores.

Whoosh!

The golden energy burned around her body like flames.

[Affection +40]

Nalan Shisan raised her hand, sensing the power radiating from her palm. Her body trembled with excitement.

“I’ve… finally reached the World-Breaking Realm!”

She had been trapped at this level for a very long time. She never would have expected that her breakthrough would ultimately come thanks to Xu Mu’s pill.

Feeling the vast power within her, she realized that it truly belonged to an entirely different level from the Transcendent Realm.

She summoned her powerful qi to counteract the gravity below, flew a circle around the area, and finally landed beside Xu Mu again.

Seeing how happy she was, Xu Mu merely shook his head. Sister Empress was still much more composed.

Li Hongdou was already staring at the pill in her hand, utterly dumbfounded.

A single pill had actually allowed Nalan Shisan to enter the World-Breaking Realm. Xu Mu was truly terrifying.

She was only a few years older than Nalan Shisan, yet Nalan Shisan had already reached the World-Breaking Realm, leaving only one minor realm between them.

She was starting to feel like following Xu Mu would be a pretty good idea.