However, the Green Crystal Grass didn’t stop growing. Its vines stretched longer and longer, extending from the palm of Gu Zhiqi’s hand to the ground, and finally, as if they had a tracking device, all the vines crawled towards Yun Sen.
With the languidly cool voice falling, the vines seemed to be doused with a rapid growth solution, visibly speeding up in growth and thickening. Before Yun Sen could react, he was ensnared by them.
Wuu wuu wuu, Momma, I’ve encountered a monster!
As the young girl’s voice fell, the vines wrapped around Yun Sen suddenly tightened, preventing him from moving.
The vines entwining Yun Sen seemed to understand Gu Zhiqi’s command; at her call, they suddenly released him.
Then, they rapidly retracted like a receding tide, quickly shrinking back into the unremarkable leaves in Gu Zhiqi’s palm.
Yun Sen, weak and pitiable, clung tightly to the Green Crystal Grass in his embrace.
Staring blankly at Gu Zhiqi.
At this moment, not only was Yun Sen stunned, but even Yun Yan, who was tending to the fire by the hearth, was also taken aback.
This... must be an illusion.
It has to be that he’s spent too long in the sun and is seeing things.
"Gu... Miss Gu, how did you... do that?" It took a good while before Yun Sen found his voice,
"Reduce two logs." Gu Zhiqi didn’t answer Yun Sen but instead looked sideways at Yun Yan.
"Ah? Oh, okay." Yun Yan, who was usually expressionless, showed a very complicated look on his face.
Mechanically, he removed two logs from the fire pit.
"Miss Gu, teach me! Teach me!"
"I want to learn... Ahem, no, learn Immortal Techniques!" Yun Sen said excitedly, then looked at Gu Zhiqi expectantly, holding onto the Green Crystal Grass.
"Pay up, ninety million."
"I’ll pay now! Right away!" Yun Sen said, and immediately took out his phone to transfer the money to Gu Zhiqi.
The fire in the backyard burned for three whole hours.
Gu Zhiqi taught Yun Sen how to control the Green Crystal Grass while making sure that Yun Yan was adding and removing logs.
When the pressure cooker on the fire pit started to tremble violently, Gu Zhiqi put away her phone and stood up.
"Mr. Yun Yan, you can come over now," Gu Zhiqi said calmly.
At her words, Yun Yan glanced at the violently shaking pressure cooker, then back at Gu Zhiqi, and eventually, with confusion rising in his eyes, he stood up.
Just as he reached Gu Zhiqi and Yun Sen, a deafening explosion sounded from behind.
Yun Sen and Yun Yan both froze for a moment, turning sharply towards the source of the sound, only to see the fire pit, previously intact, now engulfed in thick smoke, and the pressure cooker blown to pieces.
Yun Sen, Yun Yan "..."
As it was, neither was all that surprised.
They both thought this was normal.
After all, conducting Alchemy with a pressure cooker, and in such a hasty manner, it would be abnormal if it didn’t explode.
For the Alchemy to be successful would be even more abnormal!
"Miss Gu, it’s okay if it failed. Let grandpa send you another batch of herbs, and next time we will use a proper Pill Furnace," Yun Sen immediately consoled Gu Zhiqi, afraid she would be sad about the failed Alchemy.
After all, she was just a teenager, and failure could naturally lead to disappointment.
That’s what Yun Sen thought.
"Right, failure is not a problem," Yun Yan chimed in.
After all, it was grandpa’s money, and he wasn’t attached to it.
Gu Zhiqi didn’t speak. Under the watchful eyes of Yun Yan and Yun Sen, she pocketed her phone and walked towards the billowing smoke.
Yun Sen and Yun Yan followed her, assuming the young girl was upset about the failed Alchemy and prepared their words of comfort.