Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Alright, both of you. Let's start the lesson to refine the Blood Clotting Pill. With an Ash Willow Bark around this size, it is roughly enough for five pills to be made..."

"Because the amount of Spiritual Energy you have is limited, you girls will have to first grind the bark into a powder form before you can proceed. After that, the powder would have to be steamed to bring out the anesthetic effect."

"Now, after the steaming process is completed, you'll have to start to roll an adequate amount of the wet Ash Willow powder with some Medicinal Ash. This way, it will be easier to create pellets with a smooth surface."

"But that was not all. After separating the mix into the standard pellet shape, we'll have to cook it inside the cauldron for an hour until the color on the surface changed into dark brown. Only by then, the Blood Clotting Pill is counted as a success." Qin Lan patiently taught the twins without noticing how fast the time had passed.

"Ha - Ha - Haaa..." suddenly, Zhuge Yanyu is taking a deep breath to control herself from making a blunder.

"Teacher! Yanyu is going to sneeze!" Zhuge Xinyu said.

"Ha..." it seems that she finally lost control over this sneeze.

"Silly girl! Get away from the tray of Ash Willow powder!" Qin Lan tried to stop her from sneezing, but he was a step too late.

"Ha - Chi!!!" the cannon blast of air from her sneeze struck the tray of tree powder mercilessly. The cloud of Willow Bark Powder soon stuck all over their body as the girls laugh at Qin Lan's expression.

"I'm going to beat your buttock, Yanyu! You're doing this on purpose!" Qin Lan raised his voice and chased the girl around the room while Zhuge Xinyu is still laughing.

The class continued until the girls finished refining a batch of Blood Clotting Pill. But it was still too late because Hu Jia was already by the doorstep the moment they put an end to the burning wood under the cauldrons.

...

"All three of you! Do you know what time it is?" Hu Jia came into the room angrily as the time for dinner had passed. Even the servants had finished their dinner by now.

"And what the hell is wrong with all of your face?" Hu Jia went inside the room and pinched their face, starting with Qin Lan's first.

...

Night.

"Everyone, take a Spiritual Accumulation Pill and start maturing them while you're cultivating at night. Remember to not be lazy when you're meditating." Qin Lan distributed the medicinal pills to his subordinates and workers living inside the Qin-Zhou Medicine Store before they're retreating back to their room.

"Yes, Manager." everyone acknowledged Qin Lan's word as they left the dining hall, one followed by the other.

"Then... We'll be going as well..." Zhuge Xinyu and Zhuge Yanyu excused themselves.

"En," Qin Lan nodded at the two.

The couple left after everyone had returned to their room. It was another tiring day for both of them.

"Dear husband... Let me give you a proper massage while you're studying them." Hu Jia gently removes Qin Lan's robe after they went into their sleeping chamber.

For the couple, it was not the time for them to sleep yet. Hesitantly, Hu Jia pulled two account books from the Purple-Dragon Spatial Jade that belonged to her and placed them on Qin Lan's studying table.

"Thank you, my wife. Then I'll be bothering you while I'm reading." Qin Lan nodded and went to his usual seat. It was a page full of numbers and figures the moment Qin Lan opened it to the latest entry.

"Beloved wife, how well are the Li brothers doing in managing the four plots of Emerald Transformation Spiritual Grass?" Qin Lan asked.

"They're managing it well. Right now, we can expect between 600 to 800 stalks to be harvested once every month. Is there something in your mind?" Hu Jia answered Qin Lan's question almost instantly after Qin Lan asked.

"Not for now. But in the future, maybe." Qin Lan stretched his back in response to Hu Jia's accurate pinpoint on his blocked acupoint due to overworking.

"Dear husband, we might have to take note of the Lang (Medicine) House and Liu Feiyang's provocation soon in the future." Hu Jia whispered beside Qin Lan's ear.

"Oh? Had they finally lost their patience? It seems that the profit from Essence Transformation Pill is too lucrative for them to give up." Qin Lan chuckled.

"Well, my husband... With a monthly profit of approximately 30,000 Contribution Points, who's willing to let it go? Furthermore, the Cloud Plucking Sect is a place where strength determines everything." Hu Jia continued.

With an approximately 5 Essence Transformation Pill refinable from a single stalk of Emerald Transformation Spiritual Grass, six hundred stalks are equal to 3,000 pills produced every month.

After dividing the total profit into ten parts, it a whooping 3,000 contribution points per person. Even to the top ten alchemists, this is a figure that hardly achievable through refining pills alone.

"Did Liu Feiyang make a move?" Qin Lan asked after he finished going through the two books.

"Not yet, but soon. Those hooligans that are often seen around him have been messing around our stall and farm recently. From the way it seems, they'll be making their move soon." Hu Jia said. She's feeling itchy to give them a proper lesson as her strength is getting close to the seventh-level.

"I wanted to see what kind of thing they can do as well." Qin Lan smiled. 

"Do you want to cultivate for a while before sleeping?" Qin Lan asked.

"I can cultivate during the morning after returning to the Spiritual... Cave..." Hu Jia was preparing to reply to Qin Lan's question but soon noticed his impure intention.

With a hand quicker than a thief, Qin Lan loosens the ribbon on Hu Jia's clothing as he came on top of her. A kiss is quickly planted on her lips by Qin Lan to seal all her possible resistance.

"You... You devil..." Hu Jia only managed to blurt out two words before she fell into Qin Lan's seduction. The latter was so skillful in his craft of undressing where every layer of defenses on Hu Jia was taken off in a matter of seconds.

Stark naked before her husband, Hu Jia held her embarrassment inside her mind as she pulled Qin Lan's face closer to her. Another passionate kiss was planted on her lips as the next moment, they were engaged in a battle of expert level.

Panting and moaning can be heard throughout the room and soon started to disturb the still single subordinates living around the Qin-Zhou Medicine Store.

It lasted for a while.

The light inside Qin Lan's room dimmed after the battle ended.

"What is this? Don't tell me... Qin Lan's beast instinct was this vigorous when he's in lovemaking?" Zhou Mei slowly appeared in between the bushes as she sneakily left the medicine store.