Jian Ruyan furrowed her brows slightly when she heard Mu Jinyu's words, thinking about them, it seemed there were some loopholes, so she reminded him:
"Our bet is that you must learn alchemy within a day, and you also need to successfully produce a batch of elixir! It's not about understanding various alchemy theories!"
"Right." Mu Jinyu thought Jian Ruyan was quite vigilant. However, he hadn't thought about exploiting any loopholes and nodded, "Of course, it's only considered a success if I can produce the elixir."
Then he asked, "Do you have any other objections? Just say them all at once."
Jian Ruyan shook her head, "No more."
Mu Jinyu said, "Well... so the bet is this, I will learn alchemy within a day, and if I successfully produce a batch of elixir, you lose and will wash my clothes for a month. If I can't produce a batch of elixir, I'll lose to you under a condition that does not exceed washing clothes for a month?"
"Right." Jian Ruyan nodded.
Thinking to herself, she really didn't believe Mu Jinyu could achieve such a feat, to produce elixir in just one short day.
As for Mu Jinyu knowing alchemy before this?
She never entertained that thought.
She knew Mu Jinyu was very eager to enhance his strength, unsure of what enemy he faced. If he really knew alchemy, he definitely wouldn't spend half a month without using spiritual medicine to make elixirs and let everyone chew on raw spiritual medicines!
Could it be that he bore the discomfort for half a month, allowing everyone to chew on spiritual medicines, just to make her wash his clothes for half a month?!
Jian Ruyan felt Mu Jinyu wasn't possibly that perverse.
Mu Jinyu, unaware of Jian Ruyan's thoughts and seeing her nodding in agreement, then said to Wen Rou, "Xiaorou, hand me the alchemy scriptures."
"Right." Upon hearing this, Wen Rou quickly handed over the bamboo slip Mu Jinyu left with her when he went to the Medicine Alliance.
Mu Jinyu took the bamboo slip and squatted down, beginning to flip through the alchemy recorded on it.
He read with great interest.
Unknowingly, three to four hours had passed.
The sky had completely darkened, and it was already past eleven at night.
Mu Jinyu was still repeatedly scrutinizing the bamboo slip, sometimes frowning, sometimes realizing something.
Meanwhile, Su Zijin and others were sitting nearby, looking at the moon in the sky, occasionally glancing at Mu Jinyu, and occasionally at Jian Ruyan.
Eventually, Su Zijin sat next to Jian Ruyan and whispered, "Hey, Xiao Yan, the term of your bet is within one day, which should be until eight o'clock tomorrow, right?"
Jian Ruyan glanced at Su Zijin, knowing what she was worried about, worrying that her definition of one day meant today, and that once midnight passed, it would mean Mu Jinyu had lost if he hadn't succeeded by then.
And now it was almost midnight; how could Mu Jinyu possibly succeed in making an elixir by then?
However, she disdained doing such a thing, having already determined that even if Mu Jinyu had a month, he couldn't learn alchemy and produce a batch of elixir, let alone a day.
"Don't worry, godmother, I won't play word games," Jian Ruyan whispered.
Xiang Mantang had accepted Su Zijin as godmother, so she naturally did the same along with her brother.
"Oh, then I'm relieved. Besides, Jinyu is joking with you. If he loses, don't hold it against him. And if you... if you lose, mom won't make you wash his clothes, I'll wash them myself..." Su Zijin whispered.
She was also worried that Mu Jinyu had a higher chance of losing, so she preempted any awkward demands from Jian Ruyan should his elixir fail to materialize by tomorrow.
After all, she also sees Jian Ruyan as her daughter and didn't want them to have a bad argument over such a trivial matter.
Jian Ruyan sighed softly in her heart and insisted, "Godmother, don't worry, I won't make him do anything bad, and if I lose, I will accept my loss willingly and godmother you shouldn't interfere..."
"Alright, alright... it's just godmother meddling too much, Xiao Yan, don't mind godmother's nagging, I just think it's rare for everyone to be together, let's not spoil the mood over something trivial..."
Su Zijin said somewhat embarrassedly.
Jian Ruyan was about to say something.
"Whew..."Mu Jinyu, sitting on one side, suddenly let out a sigh and put away the bamboo slip he was holding.
Mu Jinyu's eyes sparkled with brilliance, and then he closed them.
Just as Gu Xiyan and the others were about to ask Mu Jinyu what was wrong, seeing him close his eyes, they hurriedly silenced themselves, not daring to disturb him.
After about fifteen minutes.
Mu Jinyu, with his eyes tightly shut, had finally fully absorbed the alchemy text, understanding how to perform alchemy, and then he opened his eyes.
"Very good." Mu Jinyu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Seeing Mu Jinyu speaking on his own, Gu Xiyan and her friends, who had been suppressing their curiosity, finally couldn't help but ask:
"Jinyu, how are you doing now? Have you learned alchemy?"
Mu Jinyu turned to look at them and, seeing Wen Rou specifically shining a flashlight for him, felt a warmth in his heart and said, "Yes, I have learned it. Let's stop here for tonight, it's getting late. Everyone should go rest. I'll start refining pills tomorrow morning."
"Ah?"
The group, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, couldn't help but be stunned.
It felt very surprising.
Mu Jinyu had spent nearly four hours learning alchemy, and with only twenty hours left, he wasn't hurrying to try his hand at alchemy but instead chose to rest first.
Did he not want to win at all?
Gu Xiyan hurriedly said, "Jinyu, won't you try to refine a few batches overnight?"
She knew that as a Martial Artist of the Divine Realm, Mu Jinyu wouldn't feel tired even if he went a week without rest, and she was currently at the Half-Step Divine Realm herself, so staying up for a day or two was no problem.
Thus, knowing how competitive Mu Jinyu was, she wanted to urge him not to waste time.
Mu Jinyu smiled slightly and, after glancing at Jian Ruyan, said, "It's fine, I've fully mastered alchemy. I'll start in the morning, there's no need to rush tonight."
Seeing that Mu Jinyu was not heeding her advice, Gu Xiyan couldn't say much more.
She could only call her sisters to go back to their rooms and rest.
Jian Ruyan was the last to leave, looking at Mu Jinyu, who was packing up his things, and spoke in a chilling tone, "Huh, putting on airs. Don't look for excuses when you lose tomorrow."
"Don't worry, just be ready to wash my clothes for a month,"
Mu Jinyu paused in his packing, looked up at Jian Ruyan with a confident smile, and spoke.
Jian Ruyan shook her head slightly, not wanting to say anything more and went back to her room to cultivate.
Mu Jinyu finished packing, then took the various accessories and clothes he had purchased at the auction and went into the rooms of Yu Linglong, Lin Qiaoxia, and others to deliver the gifts.
Then he rested.
The night passed without words.
The next day.
The sun rose in the east.
Mu Jinyu felt the sunlight spread across the earth and the purple energy coming from the east. He carefully got out of bed, covered Lin Qiaoxia and the others with blankets, and then went out.
After closing the door, Mu Jinyu squinted at the sun, then sat down cross-legged in front of the bamboo house to begin cultivating.
"Hu…"
An hour later, Mu Jinyu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, feeling his strength had slightly improved.
"Ready to start alchemy?"
Jian Ruyan, standing in front of another bamboo hut, looked disdainfully at Mu Jinyu and said.