"You promised me before that you wouldn't lay a hand on me. Don't go back on your word."
Xu Mu crossed his legs and said calmly.
"I won't do it myself, but I can have others do it!"
Fu Jinyu snorted coldly. "Hongyu watched me grow up. If she was my second uncle's person, why would she go through so much trouble? She could have just killed me when I was a child. She had plenty of opportunities."
Hearing this, Xu Mu simply chuckled and didn't say much.
"What? If you have something to say, just say it. Stop speaking in riddles."
Fu Jinyu glared at Xu Mu.
"If I'm not mistaken, when you were a child, your father wasn't dead yet, right?"
Xu Mu asked calmly.
"That... is true. Are you saying that when my father was still alive, she was loyal, but after my father died, she started following my second uncle?"
Fu Jinyu asked, furrowing her delicate brows.
"Exactly. Anyway, that's all I'm going to say to remind you. I'm not trying to steal your position as the empress of the Heavenly Demon Race, so there's no need for me to harm you. Just keep an eye on her."
Xu Mu stood up from his chair. "If you want to eat anything, just send me a message. I'll contact the manager and have them bring the food over."
"Okay."
Fu Jinyu nodded. She felt that Xu Mu's words made sense.
No matter what happened in the past, at least for now, between Xu Mu and Hongyu, she trusted Xu Mu more.
The reason was simple: Xu Mu had saved her life and helped her regain her strength.
If Xu Mu wanted to harm her, there was absolutely no need to save her.
As for Hongyu, although she had completed all the tasks assigned to her in recent years.
These things couldn't prove anything.
Xu Mu said goodbye to Fu Jinyu and drove away. Now that he had her help, he could go and explore this ruin of Ye Chen's.
Returning home, Xu Mu took out all the medicinal herbs and the alchemy furnace.
Since he had nothing else to do at the moment, he started refining pills. Both the Hongyuan Pill and the Qihai Pill were pills that could directly increase one's cultivation.
The people on his side could also use them.
Moreover, this alchemy furnace was very large and could refine about twenty pills at a time. The sixth-grade Hongyuan Pill was within Xu Mu's skill level.
He could refine them to the highest quality even with his eyes closed.
In a short period of time, he finished refining all the Hongyuan Pill medicinal herbs provided by Tantai Quan.
He refined a total of sixty to seventy pills.
Next, he started refining the Qihai Pill. This kind of pill was, after all, a seventh-grade pill.
It was beyond the grade that Xu Mu was proficient in. In order to maximize the quality of the pills, Xu Mu only refined ten pills per furnace.
The main reason was that this kind of pill was relatively simple. If it were a highly complex ninth-grade fusion pill, or even a divine pill.
Then one furnace could only refine one pill at most, and the requirements for heat control would be extremely high.
At least for Xu Mu himself, he had not yet reached that realm.
Before he knew it, the sky had grown dark, and Ye Tong came home first.
"Hubby, are you refining pills again?"
Ye Tong walked over with a smile.
"Yeah, I got my hands on another batch of medicinal herbs."
Xu Mu nodded gently. "By the way, you're back, but I haven't seen Xiaoyu."
"She's been hanging out with Bai Yi lately. I don't know what they're doing either."
Ye Tong explained.
"Anyway, she's an ancient martial artist now. Ordinary people won't be a match for her."
Xu Mu didn't pay it much mind. If nothing unexpected happened, Ye Yu would obtain her own fortuitous encounter.
He remembered that this was how it went in the original plot. Ye Yu silently cultivated a faction and secretly worked for Ye Chen.
"I'm going to make dinner."
Ye Tong smiled and walked into the living room.
Seeing that there were still some herbs left, Xu Mu decided to work overtime. Finally, around eight o'clock in the evening, he finished refining all the medicinal herbs given by Tantai Quan.
Sixty to seventy Hongyuan Pills, and forty to fifty Qihai Pills.
"Brother-in-law! It's so late, and you're still refining pills?"
Ye Yu rode her electric scooter into the courtyard.
"So you know how late it is? What have you been doing?"
Xu Mu tidied up his things and stood up.
"I went to practice driving."
"Practicing driving until this late? Why don't I believe that?"
"I went to hang out with Bai Yi again. As for what we did, I'm not telling you!"
Ye Yu parked her scooter here and jogged toward the living room.
[Affection +10]
Xu Mu shook his head slightly. He couldn't be bothered to ask. Sometimes, a little surprise was indeed necessary.
After returning to his room and taking a quick shower, Xu Mu sat at the dining table with the two of them.
He looked up at the two sisters and checked their filial piety points toward him.
Ye Tong's was 10.
As for Ye Yu, hers was 9.
Seeing their levels, Xu Mu felt a bit touched inwardly.
Especially Ye Yu's filial piety points, which surprised him a little.
After all, in the beginning, she had hated him the most in her heart.
After dinner, Xu Mu and Ye Tong went back to their room together. As for Ye Yu, she curled her lips and also headed to her own room.
"Wifey, refining pills really drains one's energy and spirit. I've been busy for several hours today, I'm exhausted."
Xu Mu lay on the bed and stretched vigorously.
Hearing this, Ye Tong's eyes suddenly lit up. She rested her head on Xu Mu's arm and said softly, "Hubby, then you should rest early today..."
"You do the moving."
Xu Mu interrupted Ye Tong's words.
Ye Tong rolled her eyes, but in the end, she still did as he said.
Xu Mu lay there and opened the system panel. Although he hadn't deliberately accumulated Justice Points over the past few days.
He could still do three ten-draws.
Taking advantage of the free time, he directly clicked on the roulette wheel.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 30 Cultivation Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 20 Attribute Points.]
The start was the same as before, two guaranteed minimum rewards.
However, Xu Mu felt that at this stage, these most basic guaranteed rewards were actually more important.
For example, up until now, with Xu Mu's powerful physique, even when facing strong opponents, he had never truly been injured.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 30 Cultivation Points.]
...
...
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 20 Attribute Points.]
Xu Mu didn't expect that the first ten-draw would all be guaranteed minimum rewards.
Therefore, he continued to click on the roulette wheel for the second ten-draw.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 30 Attribute Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Heaven-grade cultivation technique, Heaven-Burning Sword Art.]
Damn!
Seeing this, Xu Mu couldn't help but widen his eyes. He had drawn another Heaven-grade cultivation technique, and it was a sword art at that.
This was definitely a good thing.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 20 Attribute Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Grade-Three Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure Gift Box.]
...
Xu Mu continued to draw. He planned to head to the ruin provided by Ye Chen tomorrow.
Getting stronger by even a little bit was still getting stronger. He wouldn't pin all his safety entirely on Fu Jinyu alone.
If something happened to her, wouldn't he be doomed?
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 30 Cultivation Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 20 Attribute Points.]
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...
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 30 Cultivation Points.]
The three ten-draws concluded. Xu Mu was still quite satisfied with this lottery draw.
There were no weird or bizarre items. Aside from a Heaven-grade cultivation technique and a gift box, everything else was a guaranteed minimum reward.
If this gift box could also be swapped for a guaranteed minimum reward, that would be even better.
"Hubby, I have no energy left."
Ye Tong suddenly spoke up.
Only then did Xu Mu realize that Ye Tong was still doing the work.
"Take a break first."
Xu Mu decided to check out this Heaven-grade cultivation technique first to see what form it took.
It might come in handy in tomorrow's ruins.
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