"Wait? Young Master Xiaoyao... Young Master Xiaoyao..." The prince wanted to find a proper form of address. After thinking it over, he still used the common address of "young master."

"What else do you need?" Xiaoyao asked.

"No, I wanted to ask—am I already cured?" the prince asked. It wasn't that he didn't trust Xiaoyao, just that the speed was a bit too fast.

"Yes, you're cured. The Family Head will give you the materials for Marrow Cleansing Pills. For anything else, the Family Head will also discuss with you. I still need to refine pills, so I'll take my leave." Xiaoyao cupped his hands in salute, then walked into the pill refining room. He had to begin pill refining.

"Prince, for these Marrow Cleansing Pill materials, I'll give you a few types. See if you can obtain any of them—having one type is enough. Also, here's a list. See what you can get from it. If you can obtain any one item, it can also substitute." Luo Yunqing took out Xiaoyao's list—of course, this was a hand-copied duplicate.

From this day on, Xiaoyao spent his time refining pills and cultivating, occasionally seeing patients and obtaining many materials he had previously found difficult to locate. Soon a month passed.

During this period, he had already refined one batch of Marrow Cleansing Pills. The Luo family's inventory was quite substantial—he actually managed to refine over twenty Marrow Cleansing Pills. Of course, this was because of Xiaoyao's pill refining. If it were someone else, even ten pills would be difficult.

Xiaoyao also didn't take too many—he just kept ten pills for himself and gave the rest to Luo Yunqing. When Luo Yunqing saw these ten-plus Marrow Cleansing Pills, he was beyond excited and didn't suspect at all that Xiaoyao had privately kept ten pills.

...

...

Just kidding—being able to refine over ten pills already exceeded his imagination. With these ten-plus Marrow Cleansing Pills, he could create over ten cultivation geniuses. For a family, this was almost as effective as constantly eating High-Grade Essence Cultivation Pills.

High-Grade Essence Cultivation Pills only cultivated overall strength, but as a family, they still needed to cultivate peak combat power—people who could stand at the continent's apex.

Because of this, he decided to use these ten-plus Marrow Cleansing Pills on people who already had talent, rather than using them on those mediocre people who needed talent.

If not for the fact that each person could only use one Marrow Cleansing Pill, he would even want to use them all on one or two people, creating monstrous geniuses in this world.

Marrow Cleansing Pills could not only turn mediocre people into geniuses but also turn geniuses into monsters. This was why Xiaoyao kept ten pills—he planned to give himself, Guxing, and the others each one pill. If monstrous geniuses used this, what would the effect be? Xiaoyao was very much looking forward to it.

Excluding the five of them, among the remaining five pills, he planned to give Yinping one, and keep the others for later.

If Lingling and the others knew about this, there would probably be another round of jealousy. But if they knew that Xiaoyao's real sister was originally Yinping, they might not be so jealous—though they'd probably still be somewhat displeased.

"These are today's Essence Cultivation Pills. Starting tomorrow, I might not refine pills every day. When I have time, I'll go over." Xiaoyao handed today's Essence Cultivation Pills to Luo Yunqing. This was the daily routine—he directly gave them to Luo Yunqing to handle. Only Luo Yunqing knew how much Xiaoyao gave him each day.

"Yes, yes, no problem. Just refine when you have time." Luo Yunqing said with a smile, showing no intention of demanding Xiaoyao continue.

This wasn't because he thought Essence Cultivation Pills weren't important, but because he knew that if Xiaoyao continued every day, his materials probably couldn't keep up with the supply.

That's right—Xiaoyao's pill refining speed was too fast, a speed he hadn't anticipated. At first, although he was surprised, he was quite happy. But later he started worrying—at this kid's speed, where would he find pill refining materials for him?

Also, this kid's completion rate seemed much higher than ordinary pill refiners. Those two previous high-level pill refiners—the pills they refined, whether in quantity or quality, couldn't compare with this kid.

This kid really was a fucking treasure. Could it be that heaven wanted the Luo family to rise powerfully in his generation? If this continued, he believed that in just a few years, they could begin full-scale operations.

The Essence Cultivation Pills in his hands now were enough for the entire Luo family to use for a year and a half. With this kid occasionally refining some, they could definitely keep up with consumption.

However, only Luo Yunqing knew these things. He wouldn't tell anyone about this either—that way, Xiaoyao would become the focus of worldwide competition. With the Luo family's current strength, it might be difficult to protect him. He absolutely wouldn't allow such a thing to happen.

A few days after starting, Luo Yunqing had designated the pill refining room as a forbidden area. No one could enter casually except for the original people in the pill refining room. Those inside couldn't reveal any information—they just had to do their own work.

This way, no one knew what was happening in the pill refining room. They wouldn't guess that Xiaoyao alone could complete so much pill refining by himself, still thinking there was some secret in the pill refining room.

Now that Xiaoyao said he wouldn't go every day but only occasionally, as long as the Luo family's Essence Cultivation Pills were maintained, when everyone saw Xiaoyao's fishing-three-days-and-drying-nets-two-days situation, they definitely wouldn't think the Essence Cultivation Pills came from his hands. They would definitely still think the people inside were doing it.

But the people inside knew nothing. When they said they knew nothing, probably no one would believe them. This matter would become a mystery.

"Alright, Family Head, I'll take my leave first." Xiaoyao bowed.

"Yes, good. By the way, what will you be doing these next few days? There might be a few more people looking for you to treat illnesses. I need to know your whereabouts." Luo Yunqing said. Although he would secretly have people pay attention to Xiaoyao's movements, it was best if he told him directly.

He felt that if too many people went to protect Xiaoyao, it might attract too much attention. So he would only arrange ordinary levels of protection. As long as Xiaoyao didn't leave Flowing Stone Kingdom, wherever he went would be the same—all Luo family territory.

"I'll be in the Luo family these next few days. I'm going to the brewery to make wine." Xiaoyao thought and answered. It was hard to hide from Luo Yunqing now anyway, so he might as well say it directly.

"Going to the brewery to make wine? You also know how to brew wine?" Luo Yunqing was stunned. How could this kid know so many different things, even wine brewing?

"I know a little. I prepared materials for fermentation a month ago. They're about ready now—if I wait longer, they won't be good." Xiaoyao smiled.

"Oh, then go ahead. Do you need me to arrange anything?" Luo Yunqing didn't care either. No matter how good wine brewing techniques were, he had no interest. This was just a minor skill after all. Whether wine was good or not couldn't affect anything, and he wasn't a wine lover.

"No need. Lingjiu works at the brewery." Xiaoyao declined. This was just a small matter—did it need to trouble the Family Head to take action?

"That's right. Then go ahead."

"Yes, I'll take my leave!"

...

The next day, Xiaoyao went to brew wine with Lingjiu. Lingjiu wasn't very concerned about Xiaoyao's wine at first, but later found something was wrong. When she came looking for Xiaoyao, she discovered fragrant wine aroma everywhere—more fragrant than any wine she had ever brewed.

Just this wine fragrance alone could give this wine a high score. Later, she even tasted the brewed wine, and that flavor immediately conquered her.

"This wine—I want it all!" Lingjiu held a wine ladle and said to Xiaoyao.

"Want your head! This wine isn't brewed for you. At most I'll give you one small jar." Xiaoyao said irritably, while still continuing to control the fire temperature. This temperature control was a very important step.

"How is one small jar enough? This wine is top quality—I've never tasted such good wine!" Lingjiu shook her head.

"This wine was brewed by me!" Xiaoyao said.

"So what if you brewed it? You're my little brother. Your things are mine. So this wine is all mine!" Lingjiu immediately said.

"Where are you going with this? This wine was brewed by me. If I can brew it once, can't I brew it a second time?" Xiaoyao said irritably.

"Oh, oh... right! How is this wine brewed? Teach me!" Lingjiu remembered that Xiaoyao definitely had a recipe for this wine. She was now directly asking for the recipe—more straightforward than asking Xiaoyao to brew in the future.

"I'll write the recipe for you, but whether you can master this temperature control, I don't know. Watch now—whether you can learn depends on your talent." Xiaoyao said indifferently. It was just a wine recipe—even if he only had this one recipe, Xiaoyao wouldn't mind giving it to Lingjiu, let alone that he had countless recipes.

"It's just temperature control. You're underestimating me too much. I'm the top wine brewing expert here." Lingjiu was very confident, feeling that what Xiaoyao said was too simple. If even Xiaoyao could do it, how could she not?

The result...

"Why did you stop? I'm still confused." When Lingjiu saw Xiaoyao stop, she asked.

"I've already finished brewing. Next time!" Xiaoyao replied. "Now you know there are heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people, right? Just now you were bragging, saying you could learn just by watching!"

"..." Lingjiu fell silent. She had originally thought this was something she could learn just by watching, but she discovered she had underestimated this matter too much. Xiaoyao's temperature control techniques were somewhat complex. After watching for a long time, she had only learned a little and couldn't truly master it. Now that Xiaoyao had finished brewing, she had nothing left to watch.

"Wine brewing is an art. It requires not only talent but also diligent practice. Next time I brew wine, you can come learn again. Also, I'll copy this recipe for you. You can practice yourself too. Even if you don't succeed, it won't be too bad." Xiaoyao said with a smile, then sealed up all the wine he had brewed and took it away.

(End of Chapter)