The protagonist stole my spiritual root? Hey, heroine, give birth to me!

"It seems the relationship between the Princess and the Prince isn't harmonious," Chen Xuan said casually, picking up a tender lotus root.

"Shut up!" Gao Yueting's face turned cold, and she looked at Chen Xuan with hostility. "My affairs are none of your business!"

Gao Yueting kicked Chen Xuan again to create distance between them.

Chen Xuan's expression changed so quickly. Just a moment ago he was completely unyielding, and now he's laughing and teasing her. It's a bit...weird!

"I'm giving you one last chance. Will you give it to me, or not?!"

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about this? I don't even have a storage ring. Where am I supposed to get one for you? Everything is with my wife!" Chen Xuan spread his hands like a bear.

"So you mean you're no longer of any value to me, is that right?" Gao Yueting suddenly asked with murderous intent.

However, she was just trying to scare Chen Xuan. She had gone to great lengths to kidnap him. It was unrealistic to actually kill him. At the very least, she had to squeeze every last drop of value out of him!

"No, that's not it. I'm the one who refined the pills. Now that I have the materials, I can naturally reproduce them."

"I will hand over the pills to help you break through your cultivation level, and in return, you will let me go. How about that?"

Gao Yueting narrowed her eyes, pondering Chen Xuan's suggestion.

A moment later, she suddenly smiled, her smile as beautiful as a hundred flowers blooming, dazzling and mesmerizing.

"Alright, I, the princess, agree!" she said.

But she'd never actually let Chen Xuan go! Seeing her mortal enemy Zhao Lingwu happy was more painful than killing her! She had to witness Zhao Lingwu's suffering firsthand!

"The environment here is terrible and will seriously affect my performance. I hope Your Highness will find me a different place."

"allow."

Gao Yueting said something indifferently, and then left the dungeon with Chen Xuan.

Once outside, Chen Xuan muttered to himself, "I never imagined I'd get in this way! Zhao Dalong, Zhao Dalong, what you painstakingly planned was accomplished so easily by me. What a cruel twist of fate!"

"What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing. I'm just a little curious. Where is the Princess taking me to refine pills? Your palace has suddenly gained another member; I'm afraid it might..."

"Hmph, what do you say if my palace had an extra eunuch to serve me?"

Chen Xuan suddenly felt his body tense up; he hadn't expected this woman to be so ruthless!

"If the princess truly wishes to do so, then our deal is likely impossible to reach."

"Shut up! Just follow me!" Gao Yueting waved her hand, intending to teach Chen Xuan a lesson, but Chen Xuan dodged her.

A hint of surprise flashed in Gao Yueting's eyes, but she quickly understood; she hadn't really done anything.

Soon, Gao Yueting led Chen Xuan out of the dungeon and into the Qi Prince's mansion.

The two then went into the core attic, the most central room, and closed the door.

"This is my room, it's quite quiet, you can refine pills here," Gao Yueting said.

Chen Xuan looked around the room. Gao Yueting's room was very luxurious, with all kinds of exquisite furnishings and a faint fragrance.

That was the smell that came out when Gao Yueting stepped on him.

“Your Highness, the environment here is quite nice, but there are still some necessary things missing,” Chen Xuan said.

"Say it, what else do you need?" Gao Yueting said impatiently.

"Your Highness, alchemy requires a furnace, some medicinal herbs, and some spirit stones as fuel. I don't have any of these with me right now. Do you have them prepared?"

Gao Yueting was taken aback, then nodded and said, "I have made these preparations. However, you can only refine pills here and cannot step out of the room!"

"Alright, then please bring the things over, Your Highness," Chen Xuan said with a smile.

Gao Yueting glared at Chen Xuan, then turned and left.

Not long after, Gao Yueting arrived with several maids, carrying a pill furnace, some medicinal herbs that Chen Xuan had specified, and a box of spirit stones.

She had thought that the medicinal herbs for refining pills would be very rare, but she didn't expect that the people in the Qi Prince's mansion could gather the herbs so easily.

"Is this enough?" Gao Yueting asked coldly.

Chen Xuan glanced at it and nodded, "That's enough, but we're still missing some 'tools' needed for alchemy."

Write it down!

Chen Xuan did as instructed.

Gao Yueting glanced at the list, frowned, and then called out, "Someone come here!"

Several maids entered and knelt on the ground.

"Go and find the tools I need for alchemy according to this list!"

"Yes, Princess!"

Several maids got up and left, returning to the room shortly afterward with a pile of alchemy tools.

"Are these tools enough?" Gao Yueting asked Chen Xuan.

"That's enough, but I need a very quiet environment to refine the pills properly," Chen Xuan said.

"You all stand down."

"Yes."

"Alright, then hurry up and get started." Gao Yueting said impatiently as the maids left.

Chen Xuan nodded, placed the alchemy furnace in the center of the room, then sorted and arranged the medicinal herbs, and finally put the spirit stones into the bottom of the furnace.

"Your Highness, I'm about to begin refining pills. Please leave as well," Chen Xuan said.

"I won't bother you." Gao Yueting glared at Chen Xuan.

"Alright then, if I don't practice well..."

"I said I wouldn't bother you, and that means I won't bother you!" Gao Yueting's attitude was very firm.

This is the entire process of Chen Xuan refining that rare pill. She must record it all with a recording stone so that when her Gao family produces a promising pill refiner in the future, they can observe and learn from it.

"Very well, since the Princess insists, I have no choice but to comply."

"You've lost your cultivation, yet you can still refine pills?" Gao Yueting suddenly realized the most crucial point.

"Ahem, this elixir is my own creation, so I naturally have my own methods for refining it!"

"Okay, let's begin!"

……

An hour later, a fragrant aroma of medicine wafted from the alchemy furnace. Chen Xuan smiled, it seemed that the alchemy process had gone smoothly this time.

Another hour passed, and the fragrance of the medicine in the furnace grew stronger. Without Chen Xuan saying anything, Gao Yueting knew that the pill was about to be completed.

However, when this pill was produced, there were no unusual phenomena such as the furnace shaking; on the contrary, it was very calm.

"This, that's it?" Gao Yueting asked blankly, holding the small bottle Chen Xuan handed her.

"Otherwise what? Do you expect me to blow up this alchemy furnace for it to be considered a success?"

Gao Yueting: "..."

Seeing Chen Xuan's casual attitude, she felt a little annoyed.