CHAPTER 287: CHAPTER 287: ELIXIR COMPLETION, COVETED

Xia Mian devoted herself entirely to the process of refining elixirs, seemingly oblivious to everything around her.

The basement was dimly lit, and the flow of time seemed to blur.

No one knew how much time had passed, but gradually, a rich medicinal fragrance wafted from inside the furnace.

In the rhombus-shaped mirror, the eyes fixed on Xia Mian revealed a deep greed.

He had never known that there was someone in this world who could refine elixirs that enhanced the human constitution!

Such elixirs would be quite defiant even in the Mystical World!

If they truly could improve a person’s constitution, then there would be no ordinary person left in the Mystical World!

The gaze of those eyes in the rhombus mirror gradually turned fervent.

Xia Mian moved her left hand slightly, opening the furnace’s lid, and with her right hand, she took out an elixir bottle. The refined elixirs seemed to have eyes of their own, falling into the bottle one by one.

There were a lot of ingredients, and the resulting elixirs were considerable. After setting aside a third for Song Ke, Xia Mian still had six bottles of elixirs in her hands.

Storing away the elixirs, Xia Mian gently waved at the Treasure Cauldron, and it instantly shrank to a portable size and flew back into her hand.

Xia Mian hung the furnace back up and slowly lifted her gaze to fall upon the rhombus-shaped mirror on the wall.

The shape of the mirror was very peculiar and not very large. It had multiple mirror surfaces, seemingly able to observe everything around without any blind spots.

For some reason, this mirror gave Xia Mian a very eerie feeling, as if someone was hiding behind it, sneakily watching every move she made.

This feeling made Xia Mian very uncomfortable. However, the basement belonged to Jufang Pavilion, and everything in the basement also belonged to Jufang Pavilion. She couldn’t easily touch or damage other people’s things.

Seeing that Xia Mian had finished refining the elixirs, Lu Zechuan slowly opened his eyes, "Finished?"

Xia Mian made a sound of acknowledgment. Little Black Cat raised its head, its bright eyes fixed on Xia Mian, filled with admiration like a never-ending river.

Its master was so impressive!

Xia Mian put away the elixirs and walked to Lu Zechuan’s side. Just as they were about to leave, Little Black Cat suddenly jumped up and swatted at the mirror.

The instant the Little Black Cat’s paw hit the mirror, the mirror seemed to gain a soul and vanished from the wall!

Xia Mian squinted her eyes; she was right—someone had indeed been watching them all this time!

Xia Mian’s expression turned cold. So the mirror was suspicious; did Song Yi know about this or not?

After the mirror disappeared into the wall, the wall returned to normal, as if the mirror had never been there.

Little Black Cat bared its teeth in frustration; it had long sensed something was off about that mirror. If not for fearing disturbing its master’s alchemy, it would have knocked the mirror to the ground earlier, shattering it to pieces!

"Let’s go." Xia Mian said coldly. "No matter who the other party is, we will meet again."

The other party watched her perform alchemy with their own eyes. She refused to believe that they didn’t develop any inappropriate ideas!

After all, in the Mystical World, almost everyone had a common understanding: alchemists were weak, and the elixirs they forged were just meant to be taken!

So, if the guy in the mirror didn’t know himself enough, he would probably soon come to court death.

Xia Mian, holding the refined elixirs, exited the basement, and saw Song Yi walking towards her, smiling ingratiatingly, "Miss Xia, you’ve worked hard! Please, have a cup of tea!"

Xia Mian smiled faintly, "No need, where is Song Ke?"

Song Yi replied, "At my place."

Over the past few days, while Xia Mian secluded herself for alchemy, Song Ke had been busy too, taking Xia Weizhang and Gu Zhi to the auction to join in the fun. Relying on having some money, after lavishly spending on Xia Weizhang’s behalf, he successfully won her friendship.

"I’ll go see him," Xia Mian said, following Song Yi’s lead into Song Yi’s room.

Although it was the steward’s room, the decor inside was grand, giving a very comfortable, neat, and tidy impression.

Song Ke, sitting on Song Yi’s teacher’s chair, closed his eyes to rest. Hearing the sound at the door, he immediately opened them to see.

Upon seeing Xia Mian enter, following behind Song Yi, he sprang up from the chair, eyes instantly alight with joy, "Miss Xia, have you succeeded in refining?"

Xia Mian smiled slightly, taking out three elixir bottles, "There are nine bottles in total. As we agreed before, I’ll take two-thirds, and you take one-third."

Song Ke hurriedly took the three bottles from Xia Mian’s hand, smiling so wide his mouth almost reached his ears, "No problem!"

Never mind having three bottles, even one that could improve his poor constitution was worth it to him!

Xia Mian curved the corner of her lips slightly, glancing sideways at Song Yi, "Mr. Song, there’s something odd about the mirror in the basement."

Upon hearing Xia Mian’s words, Song Yi was momentarily stunned, "Odd?"

"The mirror was alive; it’s been spying on me alchemizing these past few days, and on the day I finished, it vanished into the wall." Xia Mian candidly disclosed the situation to Song Yi without holding back.

Song Yi’s face changed, instantly realizing the seriousness, "Miss Xia was being watched while refining this kind of elixir?"

Xia Mian gently nodded, "It seems so."

Moreover, the person spying on her was using a mirror originally existing in the basement!

Song Yi tightly pressed his lips, "There are indeed some races in the Mystical World capable of spying on others through objects."

These races could merge with surrounding objects, using them to sense and spy on everything around.

"I was careless. I originally thought the mirror was valuable, not realizing it was tampered with," Song Yi said remorsefully.

Who could have expected that something left behind by a previous tenant as rent turns out to be so sinister?

Xia Mian lowered her gaze, "Elixirs capable of enhancing one’s constitution are rare even in the Mystical World."

Song Yi immediately understood the implication behind Xia Mian’s words.

He looked at Song Ke with an expression full of concern.

The concept of harm befalling the innocent just for possessing a treasure—he understood it well.

He knew Xia Mian and her companions’ strength well. If someone came to rob them, they were essentially courting death!

However, if they came to seize Song Ke’s elixirs, then Song Ke would be the one in danger!

"Ah Ke, take the medicine immediately, in front of me!" Song Yi said sternly. "Improve your constitution and uncover your potential. I’ll guard you these days."

Song Ke wasn’t foolish. Knowing that if someone had spied Xia Mian’s alchemizing, they were all essentially walking targets, always at risk of being slaughtered, enhancing his own strength became an urgent task!