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The Strongest Fox-Demon (35)
Li Yufeng’s biggest advantage was that he respected Chu Xiang very much. He neither asked about things that Chu Xiang didn’t want him to know nor did he inquire from other sources. As soon as the two returned home, he went to the warehouse and found the alchemy furnace handed down by the Li ancestors and said to Chu Xiang, “My families treasure. Here you go.”
He hugged Chu Xiang from behind and added, “I’ll give you everything in my family’s treasury. Is that enough for a bride price?”
Chu Xiang looked at the alchemy furnace and said, “Why don’t I find more things for you as my dowry and let you come to the mountains with me as my husband?”
Li Yufeng beamed happily: “Okay, it’s a deal. Then I’ll be waiting for your dowry!”
Chu Xiang turned around and gave him an eye roll. “I’ve never seen someone who is as happy as you about getting married. Go over there, I’m going to refine a potion.”
Li Yufeng kissed her, obediently went to sit nearby and watched Chu Xiang refine pills.
Chu Xiang couldn’t even remember how many years she lived when she was a demon cultivator. Anyway, she knew what she should know and what she shouldn’t. Her attainments in alchemy were not at all shallow. Although she hadn’t touched alchemy for some time after transmigrating into so many lives, when the alchemy furnace and herbs were placed in front of her, she started at once, proficiently.
Whenever she was occupied, she was always free of distractions. Before she knew it, it was already dawn. By the time all the medicinal materials in front of her were used up, Li Yufeng had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for her.
Li Yufeng saw her come over and asked, “How did it go? Can these herbs be used together? If you don’t like them, we can find a good spiritual herbs.”
Chu Xiang stuck labels on a dozen white porcelain vases in front of her, shook her head and said, “We don’t have much need for elixirs either. There’s no need to specifically search for them. Let’s talk again when we chance upon some. These are not bad, especially the Divine Mountain Snow Lotus. I have refined three Snow Lotus Pills, which can enlarge meridians, nourish yin and yang, heal serious injuries, and help people advance, one for each of the three of us.”
“Amazing.” Li Yufeng took the Snow Lotus Pill from Chu Xiang, filled with endless joy in his heart. He stuffed the into a pendant with mechanism and fastened it on his neck.
Rather than saying that it was a top-grade elixir that Chu Xiang gave him, it was better to say that he was given a share of her regard, the kind of value involving treating him as her own. He treasured the pill, not for consumption but as a token of her love. He ought to wear it every day.
Chu Xiang released a small paper crane with her fingers and sent a message to Bai Yi: Yiyi, I refined some pills. Come and get yours. Remember to go to the Jiang Manor afterwards and deal with the aftermath of the trouble you caused.
Li Yufeng was a little surprised and while serving her a meal, he said, “Aren’t you going to help her this time?”
Chu Xiang held her chin and said, “She has to go through more experiences to mature. Am I not doing her a disservice by always helping her? Being here always for her is enough.”
“Huh?” Li Yufeng realized something, abandoned his job and asked, “Do you want to follow her? To the capital?”
“Otherwise? If those people in the capital really capture her, we can’t save her in time if we are too far away. In any case, we are idle. Why don’t we go to the capital where the hidden dragons and crouching tigers are?” Chu Xiang took a bite of a drumstick and felt a little surprised. After turning into a fox demon, she really liked eating chicken.
Li Yufeng gave her the other chicken leg, and said with a smile, “Then let’s go to the capital.”
They enjoyed a warm breakfast in the yard, contrary to the stiff atmosphere in the Zhuang family’s small courtyard. When Zhuang Yulang learned that Zhuang Liu sold his foxes, he ran to the cave and searched for them all around. Of course, Bai Yi could no longer transform into a little fox to entertain him. When he came back, he was so angry that he refused to eat and didn’t talk to Zhuang Liu.
Only then did Zhuang Liu panic. From reprimanding him to coaxing him, she even started weeping and complaining, saying how much she suffered for him. She was afraid that her neighbors would catch wind of what was happening and affect Zhuang Yulang in turn, so she only dared to cry mutedly in the house. This made things difficult for Bai Yi. She possessed keen hearing, so she was almost subjected to Zhuang Liu’s weeping all night. She got terribly annoyed.
After daybreak, Zhuang Liu also reflected on it all night. She felt uneasy, afraid that her son would really hate her, so she said, “I will go to Miss Jiang and beg her to return the foxes. I-I don’t want the money. I’ll return all the bank notes to her.”
The Jiang family was in chaos. Where could they possibly find the foxes? Wouldn’t her visit tantamount to revealing the secrets?!
Bai Yi hurriedly stopped her, “Ah, Aunt, don’t rush. If you go there in search of the foxes without consideration, how can people care about you? Besides
 it is too rude.”
Zhuang Liu shook off her hand, frowned and scolded her, “What has it got to do with you? You are not part of the family, so don’t meddle in other people’s business. You must have been laughing at my gaffe yesterday, right? Weren’t you snickering inwardly? You
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