Chapter 39

At her current strength, she might be able to take the intermediate alchemist exam tomorrow.

Qin Zheng probably had no idea about this outcome, which would probably make him want to spit blood.

Xiao Ye turned around briefly to look at the guards.

“Who told you, my Empress Mother?” he asked.

The guard’s face tightened for a moment but didn’t respond.

Xiao Ye didn’t mind, continuing to smile as he watched Li Huan’s live stream.

The live stream was very lively.

Li Huan interacted with the viewers while testing the effect of the Jade Dew Pill on an A-class Beastman.

The final result, of course, was consistent with the description in the pill library.

Next, it was the turn of a B-level alchemist, and the outcome was the same.

After experiencing the Jade Dew Pill, the B-level alchemist gave it high praise, stating that she would apply for the patent rights for the pill formula in the future.

Xiao Ye continued watching the live stream, waiting until Li Huan finished her final remarks and closed the holographic screen.

He glanced at the time on his optical brain and rubbed his temples.

“It’s almost twelve o’clock.”

“Go ahead and send the meal,” he ordered.

“Yes,” the guard responded and turned to leave.

After the guard left, Xiao Ye didn’t rest his eyes but instead opened the messaging software on his optical brain.

“It’s already this late; my wife should be free by now?” he muttered and then sent a message to Chu Ning.

“Wife, congratulations on developing the Jade Dew Pill! If convenient, can you sell me two bottles?”

He had been recuperating in the palace for over a month, but it hadn’t been very effective.

To prevent his health from worsening, he almost always stayed in the palace, sleeping for over 12 hours a day.

The reason for sleeping so much was to reduce the physical consumption and recover his mental strength.

For normal people, as long as they didn’t actively use their mental power, daily activities wouldn’t consume much mental energy.

But for him, even if he didn’t do anything, as long as he was awake, his mental strength would be consumed, and not in small amounts.

His body was like an old, worn-out machine, and the more energy it consumed, the closer it got to breaking down… until it could no longer start up.

The deterioration of the machine was unstoppable, but now there was a piece of good news: the Jade Dew Pill could recharge his machine.

This way, he could at least continue his “normal” life with some time spent in rest.

On the other side, Chu Ning had just sat down at the dining table.

When she heard the notification sound from her optical brain, she opened it to check the message.

She was a little surprised to see Xiao Ye’s message.

Her generous Beastman husband actually knew that the Jade Dew Pill’s patent was under her name.

Although her name was left in the pill library, there were probably tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people named Chu Ning in the galaxy. How did he know it was her?

Since he guessed it, Chu Ning didn’t plan to hide it.

She quickly typed a reply.

“No need to pay, just give me the delivery address, and I’ll send it to you.”

He had once given her ten thousand star coins, and that money had helped her. Back then, she accepted it without hesitation due to their marital relationship, and now, she could generously give him the pill.

Though they hadn’t met in person, he was still her partner.

Xiao Ye saw the message and couldn’t help but smile.

Then he sent the address of the palace.

When Chu Ning saw the address, she was stunned.

She then looked at Qin Cheng in confusion.

“Can things actually be delivered to the palace?”

Because of the restrictions in the Marshal’s residence, whenever she sold pills in her shop, she had to rely on Zhong Bo to arrange for the delivery.

Zhong Bo’s courier usually couldn’t get into the residence, so someone had to go to the outskirts to pick up the packages.

It should be the same for the palace.

Hearing the word “palace,” both Qin Cheng and Gu Ming’s expressions stiffened.

The two Beastmen exchanged a look without speaking.

“Does your wife want to send something to the palace?” Qin Cheng asked, not answering, but countering with a question.

“Yes.” Chu Ning didn’t hide it.

“Xiao Ye, oh, it seems my third Beastman contacted me and asked me to send him two bottles of the Jade Dew Pill.”

Qin Cheng and Gu Ming’s expressions changed.

Xiao Ye and his wife had been in contact this entire time? And yet, they…

Cough “The palace has a dedicated receiving area. Once items are sent there, they will be delivered to each palace.”

“Since Xiao Ye asked you to send it, he’ll arrange for someone to check and receive it.”

“You… know Xiao Ye?” Chu Ning sensed something unusual and turned to Qin Cheng.

She remembered that Xiao Ye had a military background. How could he be in the palace? Was he part of the security stationed there?

Qin Cheng paused.

Then, under Chu Ning’s gaze, he answered with a short “Mm.”

“Your third Beastman must be my cousin,” he added.

Chu Ning was stunned.

“Your… cousin?” That was quite a coincidence.

“Yes. My cousin, the fifth prince, Xiao Ye.”

Chu Ning was once again shocked.

The fifth prince? Her third Beastman had such an extraordinary background?

“Then, earlier… he said his health wasn’t good…”

“Xiao Ye was born weak, much more fragile than a normal person.”

Qin Cheng sighed deeply.

“I had wanted to ask you before, Wife, about getting a promotion pill to help Xiao Ye advance to A-level, in order to treat his health.”

Saying this, Qin Cheng gestured to Gu Ming to explain Xiao Ye’s situation to Chu Ning.

Gu Ming, feeling helpless, explained Xiao Ye’s condition to Chu Ning.

After hearing it, Chu Ning finally understood the situation.

Since he was her own person, of course she had to help.

“Do you know how much Xiao Ye’s mental power is at right now?” Chu Ning then asked.

Qin Cheng and Gu Ming exchanged looks and both shook their heads.

“We only know that it’s at the peak of B-level, but the exact value is unclear,” Qin Cheng answered.

Chu Ning showed a look of regret, then suddenly remembered something.

“Let me just ask him directly.” She said and quickly sent a message.

She waited for several minutes, but there was no reply.

“Maybe he’s taking his afternoon nap,” Gu Ming said, explaining that Xiao Ye needed to nap daily to recharge his mental power.

After hearing this, Chu Ning felt a bit of sympathy for Xiao Ye.

“The promotion pill doesn’t guarantee a specific increase in mental power for B-level Beastmen. And right now, I only have one promotion pill left.”

“In order to conserve its energy, I’m not planning to give it to Xiao Ye for now.” Chu Ning explained her decision.

Qin Cheng and Gu Ming were both surprised.

“You only have one left? Can you make more?” Qin Cheng asked, a bit anxious.

Chu Ning’s face grew serious.

“If I can get all the herbs, then yes.”

Qin Cheng relaxed. “What herbs do you need?” he asked.

The front lines were never short of medicinal herbs.

“Ten herbs in total. I can find nine of them easily, but the tenth one, I couldn’t find it on the Star Network.”

Qin Cheng was surprised.

“One herb you can’t find on the Star Network?”

“It’s called Wutong Juice, the sap from the Wutong tree,” Chu Ning said, sending a drawing of the tree and its characteristics.

“If you can find the Wutong tree and extract the juice, I can try to make the promotion pill in a while.”

Even if the herbs were all gathered, making the promotion pill wouldn’t be easy.

However, with her alchemy experience from her past life, she believed she could still craft the promotion pill.