Supreme Emperor of Mist

"Husband?" was the first word coming out from Zhou Mei's mouth when she saw Qin Lan come in between them. There's also a hint of embarrassment on her face as she felt like she was caught doing something she shouldn't do in public.

"Wha - What brings you here, my dear?" Peng Yan behaves about the same as Zhou Mei. A hint of panic can be seen on her face as she tried to cover the ugliness she might have shown while arguing with Zhou Mei a little while ago.

"Let's go, shall we? I've done what I need to, so let's take a walk together as we headed to his highness' manor. I sure he has been expecting our visit." Qin Lan said. He neither hold any of their hands nor reprimanded them for arguing just now.

On his face, there's neither calm nor disappointment shown. It was emotionless.

'Not good... Did we piss him off?' for the first time, they looked at each other's eyes as they're guessing what is in Qin Lan's mind right now. To them, even bloodshed wouldn't make them falter or retreat.

But an angry harumph from Qin Lan would.

**Growl...**

The belly from one of them decided to make a sound as they went on their way to Sun Wu Jian. Turning his head back at them, Qin Lan looked at them both as he tried to guess what was in their mind.

"Hungry?" he smiled as he asked them a simple question. The two of them nodded obediently for the first time.

"Xinyu... Yanyu... Where is the stall you mentioned before?" Qin Lan turned his attention to the two lasses.

"There, on the corner beside the tearoom." Zhuge Yanyu pointed her finger at the place not too far from them. A trail of smoke was coming out from the stall constantly without a hint of slowing down. Perhaps, this was the best evidence about how good is the stall's business in a single day.

"Go get something for everyone, would you two?" Qin Lan gave the girls a bottle of Flesh Foundation Pills to purchase some food for everyone.

In the meantime, he took two bottles of the Rock Lotus Fragrance Wine out and gave them to Zhou Mei and Peng Yan.

"This wine seems to be the same as the Tao-Hua-Xiang, but it's also different. What was the main ingredient used to make this wine?" Peng Yan asked. Although her interest in wine wasn't as strong as the two elders, she still drinks occasionally.

Shi-Lian-Xiang.

"Rock Lotus Fragrance... By Rock Lotus... You mean the one we won't even bother to..." Peng Yan hesitates to finish her words as she's unsure how Qin Lan will look at her if she completed her sentence.

"Yes. That's what used to make this Rock Lotus Fragrance." Qin Lan nodded and took a sip directly from the bottle in Zhou Mei's hand. This indirect kiss made the noblewoman blushed as the image of what happened last night appeared in her mind again.

"The food is here!" Zhuge Yanyu was the first one to return with three sticks of grilled fish in her hand. Following behind her is Zhuge Xinyu, with one on each side.

After getting a bite and some drinks, the five continued towards where Sun Wu Jian is. The discussion that was going halfway was immediately lightened up with the arrival of the three of them. As for the two girls, they went outside to play with the others.

Such a peaceful discussion continued for the next two days. And during that time, it was great learning between Zhou Mei and Peng Yan as they turned from the difference between oil and water to debating opponents.

The sharp tongue of theirs managed to bring up multiple concerns in between the discussion. This gave them even more insight to both sides to learn about the differences in their culture and habits.

As for Qin Lan, most of his time was spent in either the secret chamber or his Private Refining Hall.

Third-Day.

The two Night Glowing Pearls are once again taken out and place in the middle of the secret chamber as Qin Lan repeated what he had done previously.

A drop of his essence blood is flicked over to the painting to creates a temporary link between the two worlds. As for the method of travel, it was unsophisticated at all. All they need is to inject a hint of their own spiritual energy into the Night Glowing Pearl before going into the world within the painting.

**Roar...**

The owner of the dragon's roar once again expressed its impatience as more and more roots with the texture of a spiderweb appeared around the fifteen plants with a sweet blood stench.

'What are you getting impatient for? There's half a day more to go before the Blood Balsam Leaves reaches its maturity." Qin Lan continues to loosen the soil around the plants. But this time, the planting method is much more eccentric than the last.

A rotting willow log is planted deep into the ground to act as the foundation before grain-like seeds are scattered all around the soil. Next, saltwater was used to provide sufficient water content as Qin Lan shifted his attention back to the Blood Balsam Leaves.

"Look at how beautiful they've grown into. What do you think?" Qin Lan continued to speak to himself. His finger was working like a maiden choosing for the freshest leaves to harvest.

Every single leaf was succulent and juicy to the point red extract can be easily pressed out like a lemon peel. Close to a hundred of the leaves were needed to fill a single bottle with the Blood Balsam Extract.

The reward for his three days of hard work is accumulated into 22 bottles of Blood Balsam Extract. But again, not everything here belongs to him. He would still have to honor the agreement between him and the Kunlun Hill's Dragon Moss.

But this time, the root with the shape similar to spiderwebs didn't turn up around Qin Lan's side. It was instead replaced with a smaller being that capable of moving around.

The being indeed carrying a similar appearance to a frilly dragon about half a meter long. Brown and green in color, a gentle roar came from its mouth each time when it tried to catch up with its own breath.

"Is this your core body?" Qin Lan asked.

The tiny dragon before him replied with a nod. It was hard to believe that the Kunlun Hill's Dragon Moss had developed its own consciousness.

This is also what makes Qin Lan came into agreement with the owner behind the dragon's roar. even a fool would know which one is more precious between the ten or so Blood Balsam Extract and the Dragon Moss.

"So... How many bottles of the extract do you want to take now?" Qin Lan asked.

His question made the tiny dragon hesitated. Moving around and checking out its surrounding, the mythical creature soon struggles to open its wings to cover all the Blood Balsam Extracts it could.

'Heh... Greedy little one.' Qin Lan chuckled as he felt funny about how human-like is the Dragon Moss moving around in front of him.

Opening the bottle one after another, Qin Lan poured the Blood Balsam Extract out carefully as it was swallowed by the mythical creature a few drops at a time.

The browning parts of the tiny dragon soon get much better the more Blood Balsam Extract was taken into the system. But the moment it was turned into a complete green creature like a fresh patch of running moss, it stopped taking the extract and ran away in a hurry.

"Hey! There's half of them left!" Qin Lan shouted while keeping a smiling face on him.

And since there's no response from the Dragon Moss, Qin Lan decided to follow what he's been doing for the past few days. The Spiritual Accumulation Pills are once again matured after nourished with Spiritual Qi for a few hours.

'I'm getting very close to the border between the seventh and eighth level... Looks like my advancement is not too far from me right now.' Qin Lan smiled to himself as he continues to temper his Flesh Refining foundation.

The end of the third day is getting closer. But weirdly, the Kunlun Hill's Dragon Moss is still nowhere to be found. And knowing that there's nothing he can do, Qin Lan decided to leave the world within the Mountain and Sea Sublime Painting.

The first thing Qin Lan did after coming back to the lower realm is ordering Han Xue to search for a few materials within his reach.

"Han Xue, go out there and gather ten kinds of Yao Beast's blood for me. Additionally, try to search around the fort if anyone knows the secret behind something known as Fire Elemental Bloodstone." Qin Lan ordered.

After receiving his two orders, the leader of the Assassin Team left covertly to accomplish Qin Lan's request.

'Now, all we need to do is wait for the about the Fire Elemental Bloodstone. When the other two materials are finally collected and ready to be used in our pill refining, the Blood Genesis Pill will appear in this world once more!'

'And by that time, who dare to underestimate the strength and foundation of our Kuangshan Lu Sect?' Qin Lan chuckled.