The potion was still in production, so Shijing Xian temporarily put the book back into the box. 

He really didn’t expect that in this S-level mission, the person he found most difficult to see through wasn’t Yuan Xia, but rather Lan Luohai. 

His confusion couldn’t be resolved immediately, and the mission had to continue. After working overtime for three days, Shijing Xian successfully completed ten bottles of emergency antidote. 

The production time for the last two batches had been compressed to under six hours, and he could feel that Ji Xuanran’s abilities were steadily improving. 

After handing over the antidotes to Fendelin, Shijing Xian left the research institute for a bit. 

It wasn’t because Fendelin had a sour face and shooed him back to rest and read, but because he received a notification from the system. 

There was a new email to check. 

Shijing Xian didn’t plan to go home; instead, he found a tavern near the research institute to stay in. After setting up defensive visibility potions around the room, he turned off the lights and lay on the bed, his consciousness leaving his body and returning to the system’s task platform. 

As soon as he entered the platform, Shijing Xian felt that the view in front of him became much brighter. 

It seemed that Ji Xuanran had a hidden ailment in his right eye, making it difficult for him to see things in daily life. Over time, his vision relied entirely on his left eye, which inevitably narrowed his field of view. 

Having gotten used to living in Ji Xuanran’s body, Shijing Xian found it a bit hard to adapt when he logged into the platform with his own consciousness. 

In the bright view, the first thing that appeared was a multi-screen selection box similar to a net café partition, with people in each booth engaged in different tasks. Shijing Xian directly selected the room for his own task. 

Though it was called a room, it was actually a series of independent virtual spaces, and once inside, he wouldn’t be affected by others. 

After entering, Shijing Xian opened the email and received the remaining experience points he had earned from the previous series of tasks. 

According to the regulations of the main system of the mother planet, after a Restorer successfully completes a task, they can extract half of the experience points earned, while the remaining half is kept by the system. Only after all tasks in the series are completed will the system return the withheld half to the Restorer. 

This time, Shijing Xian received a total of 1512 experience points. Counting it up, it could be considered a small fortune. 

Although he would soon have to spend a lot of it. 

After securing the experience points, Shijing Xian called up the system’s exchange function. He skipped over the dazzling array of system-managed cards and knowledge reserve cards, ultimately selecting a plot supplement pack. 

The plot supplement pack contained descriptions of characters and events from a god’s perspective, and in addition, it would include developments that occurred after the original body’s death. These were things that couldn’t be seen in the main perspective experience reading before entering the task. 

Although the experience points for the supplement pack were a bit pricey, Shijing Xian had gotten used to the routine exchanges in each world. Since this task was in an S-level world, the experience points required for the exchange had increased accordingly, which was why he waited until he received his salary before coming over. 

He exchanged 300 experience points for the plot supplement pack and directly selected to read it. 

In the past, his focus had always been on the scummy attacker, but this time, Shijing Xian’s primary target was Lan Luohai. 

He wanted to know why this person suddenly showed goodwill towards Ji Xuanran. 

Unlike the main perspective experience reading, without Ji Xuanran’s body, Shijing Xian’s consciousness floated outside of everything, making it feel more like watching a movie. 

After Ji Xuanran’s death, Yuan Xia successfully awakened as a ninth-tier ability user, and Country A no longer dared to keep him, watching helplessly as he brought his original subordinates and parents back to the core country. 

After returning to the core country, Yuan Xia led the core country’s army to victory again, successfully clearing the second type of high-level plant for the core country. Coupled with his previous achievements in eliminating the裂齿果, he was directly appointed as the new marshal of the core country. 

However, aside from those core subordinates, only Shijing Xian, with the god’s perspective, could truly see the process of Yuan Xia fighting against the high-level plants. 

He finally understood why Yuan Xia could become the first ability user to defeat high-level plants. 

And the part that Shijing Xian was particularly concerned about, Lan Luohai, also had quite a few appearances. Although… the developments in these scenes were somewhat unexpected. 

After clearing the high-level plants, Yuan Xia’s status in the core country rose higher and higher, and his interactions with Lan Luohai became increasingly close. However, it was very obvious that Lan Luohai had no extra feelings or responses towards Yuan Xia, and their relationship never progressed further. 

Then, in the fourth year after becoming the marshal of the core country, Yuan Xia led his army, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the high-level plants, and directly rebelled, exterminating the royal family of the core country and making himself the king. 

Yes, Lan Luohai was also killed by him. 

After watching this segment, Shijing Xian couldn’t help but fall into deep thought. 

… This seemed to be quite different from the promised true love and white moonlight development? 

He didn’t expect Yuan Xia to be someone who followed the plot flow… Shijing Xian thought, it seemed that this time the S-level task was quite lucky, just right for his expertise. 

After understanding the final outcome, Shijing Xian rewatched the parts related to Lan Luohai. He discovered that Lan Luohai indeed had great respect for pharmacists and had previously sponsored many promising young pharmacists. However, because he had known Ji Xuanran for too short a time, the two hadn’t formed a deep friendship. 

Moreover, this prince really didn’t have any noble temperament, treating people with a friendly demeanor. This matched Shijing Xian’s impression of him when they first met. 

As for the difference in appearance he had seen with his own eyes, Shijing Xian could only attribute it to Lan Luohai not being photogenic. Plus, with his natural charisma, it made sense that he looked better in person than on camera. 

Confirming this matter, Shijing Xian felt that the task had become much easier. He had previously considered whether to include Lan Luohai in his revenge list, but now it seemed that they were friends, not foes, and perhaps Lan Luohai could even provide him with assistance. 

Ji Xuanran’s ideal was to become an outstanding high-level pharmacist, and power struggles were not part of his goals. Shijing Xian planned to help him choose a monarch that would be more beneficial to him. 

Compared to Yuan Xia, Lan Luohai was indeed a decent choice. 

After securing the plot supplement pack, Shijing Xian opened the chat room to take a look. The system platform provided a chat space for restorers, similar to a net café’s online area. However, right now, the chat room Shijing Xian selected had no one online. 

It seemed everyone was busy with tasks and hadn’t come over. Shijing Xian closed the chat room, exchanged for a few necessary items he had planned, and then left the platform. 

In the following week, Shijing Xian spent most of his time making potions and reading books. Ji Xuanran’s memory ability was quite good, and with Shijing Xian’s support, by the end of the week, he had memorized all the high-level prescriptions. 

Yuan Xia was busy with post-war adjustments and attending various high-society gatherings. Although he was unhappy with Shijing Xian’s decision to leave without permission, he was too busy to spare any attention and didn’t actually come to catch him. 

The only thing that surprised Shijing Xian was that Lan Luohai, who had caught his attention before, was now coming to him quite frequently. He had thought the other party would be friendly, but he didn’t expect it to be this frequent. 

“Have the ten bottles of ability recovery potions been completed? Pharmacist Ji, you’re so fast.” 

Standing beside the experimental table, Lan Luohai asked with a side profile, his golden hair cascading down his shoulder like a stream filled with sunlight. 

Shijing Xian vaguely felt that the last sentence was a bit off, but he wasn’t familiar enough to joke with the other party, so he didn’t think much of it. 

While tidying up the experimental table, he replied, “Not yet, those are my experimental products for making high-level recovery potions. The ten finished products you ordered, Mr. Lan, I will make separately and deliver them later.” 

“No rush.” Lan Luohai said gently, “I won’t need the potions for another week.” 

“Okay.” 

“By the way, Pharmacist Ji, I’d like to reserve ten bottles of crystal purification potions for next week. Do you have time to make them?” 

Purification potions? Shijing Xian couldn’t help but feel a bit suspicious. 

Previously, Fendelin had him practice the ability recovery potions to get some hands-on experience with high-level recovery potions. Just a few days later, Lan Luohai came to him to reserve ten bottles of ability recovery potions. A couple of days ago, Fendelin had just assigned him the practice for crystal purification potions, and now, Lan Luohai again… 

Thinking this, Shijing Xian looked up and saw a pair of clear blue eyes looking at him innocently. 

“… Yes.” 

Lan Luohai smiled slightly, his light-colored lips curving into a beautiful arc, “Thank you, Pharmacist Ji.” 

Shijing Xian continued to lower his head to tidy up. 

Although he and Ji Xuanran didn’t look alike, he was now in Ji Xuanran’s body. The more he looked at Lan Luohai… it always made Shijing Xian feel a bit of a narcissistic danger. 

After tidying up the experimental table, Shijing Xian prepared to go out for a bit: “I need to go to the pharmacist association for some materials; this research room will be locked. Mr. Lan, where are you planning to go? Are you going to find the teacher?” 

He turned his back to Lan Luohai, hanging his white uniform on the wall and putting on his coat. However, until Shijing Xian started buttoning his clothes, he didn’t hear Lan Luohai’s response. 

“Mr. Lan?” 

While adjusting his buttons, Shijing Xian thought Lan Luohai hadn’t heard clearly, but to his surprise, the other party wasn’t distracted at all and was just looking at him. 

Seeing Shijing Xian turn around, Lan Luohai’s face revealed a gentle smile again: “No need, I’m leaving too, just in time to leave with Pharmacist Ji.” 

Shijing Xian didn’t pay much attention. 

“Okay.” 

The two left the research institute. It was working hours, and they didn’t encounter many colleagues on their way out. However, the guards at the door stood up straight and greeted them with the most standard salute, which surprised Shijing Xian a little. 

“Why are they so serious today?” Shijing Xian asked curiously. 

Lan Luohai smiled, “Not too bad, it’s usually about the same.” 

Unbeknownst to them, behind the two, the two guards were exchanging glances. 

They didn’t speak, but the looks directed at Shijing Xian’s back were filled with immense respect. 

As for the other one, they didn’t even dare to look at him more than once. 

After exiting the main door of the research institute, Shijing Xian was just about to ask Lan Luohai where he was going when he heard the other party say, “Don’t move.” 

A fair, slender hand reached over and lightly touched his cheek. 

“Fluffy grass’s white fluff.” Lan Luohai said, “It got on you.” 

“Thank…” Shijing Xian didn’t finish his sentence when a sharp female voice came from not far away. 

“Ji Xuanran!” 

Shijing Xian frowned. 

He turned around and indeed saw the arrogant and sharp face of Yuan’s mother. 

And now, the anger was clearly written all over her face. 

“Good, I was wondering why you hadn’t come home for so long. Turns out you’ve been neglecting your duties at home and running here to find a lover!”