After obtaining it, she had just stepped out of the cave entrance when she halted.
“What’s wrong?” Yan Di turned back to ask her.
“I need to make a pot for brewing medicinal herbs.”
“What will you use?”
“Wood will do.”
Her Alchemy Furnace was stored in her spatial storage—she couldn’t just pull it out directly when the time came. She needed to find an opportunity to retrieve it now.
“There’s wood on the other side. I’ll take you there to make it.”
Shen Qi thought for a moment, then continued, “I can go by myself. This pot is made using my unique method, and I don’t want anyone else to see it.”
Yan Di scoffed, showing no interest in her unique technique. “Then go ahead and make it. I’ll wait here for you. Don’t go too far.”
Since Evil Beasts were abundant here, he also believed she couldn’t possibly escape, so he let her go to make the pot with ease.
Finally out of his sight, Shen Qi retrieved the pot from her spatial storage. The reward from her last mission was an upgrade to her spatial storage, which was now twice as large as the initial space.
Yan Di stood with his arms crossed, a blade of grass dangling from his lips, and saw her holding something round in her hand.
As she approached, he realized it was an utterly ordinary pot. He asked in confusion, “Is this the pot you mentioned? Evil Beast City has similar ones—there’s nothing special about it.”
The pots here were even larger, round and big, typically used for cooking meat, but they could also be used for brewing medicine.
Shen Qi smiled faintly. “They are similar.” But the special part was far more significant.
Returning to the stone city, she saw that the person in the main seat had not left, and other Beastfolk were also waiting nearby. The Male Beast who had caused the wind vortex seemed to want to scratch again but stopped when he saw her, offering an awkward smile.
Yuan Ze looked down at her with a side glance as she returned. “Did you get it?”
Shen Qi nodded faintly and asked a nearby Beastfolk to bring two stones and a handful of weeds.
She first rubbed a wooden stick against the fire on the wall, waiting until the stick caught fire before placing it among the weeds.
She wedged the Alchemy Furnace between the two stones, placed the medicinal herbs inside and crushed them, then asked the Beastfolk to prepare some water and pour it in.
Although the medicinal herbs could be refined automatically once placed inside, she still had to pretend to stir them to avoid revealing the furnace’s special properties.
However, as she stirred, she felt something increasingly off—it was as if she were stirring something hard. While stirring medicinal herbs in water would encounter resistance, it definitely shouldn’t feel this hard.
She looked down and saw that a black medicinal pill had formed inside!
What…? The medicinal herbs mixed with water had refined into a pill?!
What was going on?
“Host, the Alchemy Furnace has gained experience and leveled up after one refinement. Medicinal herbs mixed with water can also be refined into elixir pills.”
Ah, so adding water turns it into an elixir pill. It truly is an Alchemy Furnace!
Now, she couldn’t explain herself even if she tried.
They watched her rapidly changing expressions, all feeling puzzled.
“Is the medicine ready?”
Hearing the low, lazy voice beside her, Shen Qi stiffly nodded.
Yuan Ze lowered his head and saw that the medicinal herbs and the water added had disappeared, leaving only a single round elixir pill inside. Surprise flickered in his eyes.
He then curled his lips into a smile. “Heh, still claiming you’re not a Shaman?”
Shen Qi breathed a sigh of relief inwardly—so they thought she was a Shaman.
The Beastfolk nearby also looked astonished.Shamans have various methods for refining medicine, and they had seen herbs being boiled in pots before, but turning herbs into a round little thing was a first.
This must be his unique ability as a Shaman.
Yuan Ze took out the elixir pill inside, holding it between his fingertips for a closer look. “Can this really cure his illness?”
This Male Beast was indeed unusual—carrying strange objects that could kill Evil Beasts, and he was even a Shaman, able to make medicinal pills for curing illnesses using an ordinary pot.
“Yes, just eat it directly.”
“You’d better not have any sneaky ideas.”
Yuan Ze gave her a warning glance, then turned to look at the Beastfolk with the rash. Understanding the cue, the Beastfolk hurriedly stepped forward to take it.
Looking at the medicinal pill in his palm, he threw his head back and swallowed it. The next moment, his face flushed red, his mouth gaped open as he gasped for breath, and he began frantically pounding his chest.
Seeing his strange reaction, a flash of coldness appeared in Yuan Ze’s eyes as his sharp gaze turned toward her.
Noticing the obvious bulge in the Beastfolk’s throat, she calmly said, “He swallowed too hastily and it got stuck in his throat. Eating something and drinking some water will help it go down.”
Hearing this, a nearby Beastfolk quickly crushed a bright-colored fruit and fed it to him, then gave him some water to drink. Only then did he manage to swallow the pill.
The strange sensation in his throat had made him feel like he couldn’t breathe, leaving him with a sense of having narrowly escaped death.
Yan Di watched in amazement as, after swallowing the pill, the rash on his body rapidly faded. “He really cured it!”
Yuan Ze also saw those ugly marks receding until they completely disappeared, leaving only the scratches the Beastfolk had made on himself.
The Beastfolk felt around his body where the rash had been, finding no raised bumps at all, and joyfully realized that the itching had stopped too.
He looked at her with gratitude. “It doesn’t itch or hurt anymore! It was cured so quickly! You’re amazing!”
“I only know a little.”
Yuan Ze didn’t believe her claim of only knowing a little.
“Is there anything else?” She didn’t know if Ai Chu had woken up yet. In an unfamiliar environment, she would surely be terrified.
Moreover, this was the dark interior of the forest, teeming with Evil Beasts. If she found out this was Evil Beast City, who knew what might happen?
Thinking of this, she grew anxious.
Yuan Ze noticed the expression on her face. What was she nervous about? Afraid he would kill her?
“You’ll stay here for now. Get a good night’s sleep. Tomorrow, you’ll have your tasks.”
Tasks? Shen Qi’s eyes held a trace of confusion, but she was certain they wouldn’t be anything good.
When she returned, sure enough, Ai Chu had already woken up. She was being blocked at the door by an Evil Beast, not allowed to leave.
Her tone was agitated, and the Evil Beast, seeing her becoming too agitated, tried to knock her unconscious. Shen Qi quickly stepped forward, pulling Ai Chu behind her and raising her head to face the two Evil Beasts.
One of the Evil Beasts glared at her fiercely. “Where did you come from, Evil Beast? Wait, no—the Evil Beasts in our city aren’t this weak. Where are you from? You can’t even protect yourself, yet you want to protect this Female?”
The other Male Beast examined her carefully, as if recalling something. “This Male Beast seems to have been brought here by Yan Di today and then went to see the King.”
Hearing his words, the fierce Male Beast’s hostility lessened, and he looked at her curiously. “Are you with this Female?”
Shen Qi nodded.He continued, “Only one room has been arranged for you. Yan Di said to keep an eye on the people in this room, so stay here and behave, understood?”
They didn’t know why Yan Di suddenly wanted them to guard this room—what was there to watch over with just one Male Beast and one Female? But they would follow orders regardless.