7: First time making poison

Lin Qinghan's actions surprised Zhou Luo.

That night, as they were falling asleep.

Zhou Luo whispered in Lin Qinghan's ear, "Thank you."

Lin Qinghan's body trembled, she didn't speak, but just silently turned over and hugged him.

Under the moonlight, Zhou Luo looked at the beauty in his arms and thought: Getting pregnant just now shouldn't affect anything, right?

So he leaned over.

...

Early the next morning, Zhou Luo walked out of the courtyard.

Since Lin Qinghan had agreed to prepare the tools for him, he also needed to purchase some medicinal herbs.

Not long after, he appeared in front of a tall building that was five stories high.

At the entrance, many people were going in and out, it was very lively.

This was the place specifically for the Lin Family's procurement, called the ""Department Store Pavilion"".

After entering the door, Zhou Luo went directly to the fourth floor.

There was only one shop on the fourth floor of the ""Department Store Pavilion"", called "Baicao Hall", which was a place specifically for selling medicinal herbs.

Weighing the bag in his hand, Zhou Luo walked into the store with full confidence.

It was thanks to the Cultivation resources his previous "mother-in-law" had given him that he had the confidence to come here.

Otherwise, it would have truly been like the former emperor's venture collapsing halfway.

The items in the bag were the currency of this world, also called Spirit Stone, and were divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower.

The exchange rate between the three types of Spirit Stone was 1:100.

The Spirit Stone on Zhou Luo were lower-grade Spirit Stones, which were ordinary Spirit Stone, a relatively common currency.

Higher-grade Spirit Stone were more often used for daily Cultivation.

He also found that one lower-grade Spirit Stone was equivalent to ten yuan in his previous life.

After entering the store, Zhou Luo, who already had a target, began to select.

This time, the medicinal herbs he purchased were carefully selected, all of which were beneficial to the body.

No one would notice that he was refining poison.

After finishing his selection, he placed all the medicinal herbs on the counter.

Inside the counter was an old man in a gray robe with white hair.

He looked at the medicinal herbs, then glanced at Zhou Luo, and asked doubtfully, "Do you want to refine Pills?"

"Just trying it out casually," Zhou Luo replied with a smile.

The old man didn't ask any more questions, calculated the price, and had the clerk pack the medicinal herbs and hand them to him.

After paying eighty lower-grade Spirit Stones, Zhou Luo left the shop.

After he left, the old man muttered to himself, "For a son-in-law to want to refine Pills, it's quite interesting."

In fact, after Zhou Luo entered the door, the old man saw through his identity at a glance.

After all, very few people came to the fourth floor, mostly old acquaintances.

Zhou Luo's new face immediately made the old man think of the batch of sons-in-law the Zhou Family had recently "deceived".

However, what puzzled the old man was.

The medicinal herbs Zhou Luo bought were varied, and even he, an Alchemist, didn't know what kind of Pills the other party wanted to refine.

...

On the other side, when Zhou Luo returned, Lin Qinghan had already had people clear out a small room on the left side of the courtyard and set up the furnace and other tools needed for Pill Refining.

After arriving at the room, Zhou Luo placed a screen in front of the Pill Furnace.

This way, unless someone entered the room, they wouldn't know what he was doing.

Although this small courtyard was only inhabited by him, Lin Qinghan, and the maid Xiao Lan, it was still better to be safe.

After everything was ready.

Zhou Luo stood excitedly in front of the furnace, throwing the required medicinal herbs into the furnace.

This time, he wanted to refine a poison called the "Spirit Exhaustion Pill".

Don't let the name fool you, it's actually a strong laxative.

After taking it, it will cause diarrhea within a minute, and even a Qi Refining Fifth Layer Cultivator will fall victim to it.

There was no other way, in order to cover his tracks, the medicinal herbs he bought could only refine this kind of basic poison.

Moreover, because he couldn't find it, he was missing one ingredient.

This made Zhou Luo unsure whether the poison would be successful.

As the medicinal herbs were placed into the furnace, Zhou Luo lit the firewood, held his breath, and stared intently at the furnace.

Seeing that the Time was almost right, he immediately began to control his spiritual energy, using the high temperature to decompose the medicinal herbs and fuse them back together.

This process was very slow and required extreme caution.

A slight mistake would affect the quality and efficacy of the poison.

However, with all the knowledge of First-Order Pills, this low-level poison was simply effortless for Zhou Luo.

Half an hour later, three small crimson pills appeared inside the Pill Furnace.

Zhou Luo wiped the sweat from his forehead and excitedly picked them up.

The "Spirit Exhaustion Pill" was successful.

With the successful refinement of the poison, it was now Time for testing.

He already had a target for this.

He went straight to the kitchen as soon as he went out.

Not long after, he returned to the small room with satisfaction.

The test was successful.

Although one medicinal ingredient was missing, the efficacy of this "Spirit Exhaustion Pill" was not affected, and this thing seemed to dissolve upon contact with water.

It was just a pity that he couldn't drink chicken soup for lunch today.

...

In the following days, in addition to Cultivation, Zhou Luo was researching Pill Refining.

Besides the "Spirit Exhaustion Pill", he also concocted various bizarre poisons.

And the unaware Lin Qinghan, seeing how hard he was working, thoughtfully found him various books on Pill Refining.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

Lin Qinghan's pregnancy was finally detected by the Zhou Family.

Lin De, upon receiving this news, summoned Zhou Luo, which was a rare occurrence.

Stepping into the Dragon Palace Great Hall again after more than a month, Lin De, who had been stern-faced last Time, was now beaming with smiles.

"Sit."

After Zhou Luo sat down, Lin De said cheerfully, "Very good, I didn't expect you to get Qinghan pregnant so quickly."

His lineage, when it reached him, only had Lin Qinghan as the sole daughter in the next generation.

Although he had also tried to have more children.

However, as the Realm increased, the difficulty of having children would greatly increase.

As a result, he and his wife had worked hard for so long without any progress, and could only place their hopes on their only daughter.

Now that Lin Qinghan was pregnant so quickly, Lin De immediately saw hope.

One must know that because of the small number of people, his lineage had been suppressed by the Main Family, and even Cultivation resources had been continuously reduced.

If his daughter could have many offspring, then his lineage might still have a chance to rise.

"It's all thanks to the blessings of the Lin Family," Zhou Luo said humbly.

Lin De nodded with great satisfaction: "Hmm, my Lin Family has always been clear about rewards and punishments. These are the rewards I'm giving you separately."

With that, a servant brought up the Cultivation resources.

Zhou Luo looked at the Cultivation resources, and roughly estimated that they were worth at least two hundred lower-grade Spirit Stones.

An ordinary son-in-law probably wouldn't have this kind of treatment.

Zhou Luo realized even more that what Xu Changsheng had said earlier was indeed correct.

Having a backer and not having a backer were completely different.

Afterward, Lin De gave a few more instructions.

The general meaning was for Zhou Luo to continue working hard and not disappoint his expectations, and so on.

Zhou Luo, full of joy, readily agreed and returned to the courtyard with these Cultivation resources.

As soon as he returned, Lin Fu, the steward, arrived with the rewards given by the Zhou Family.

That's right, in addition to Lin De's private rewards, once a Zhou Family woman became pregnant, the Zhou Family would also give corresponding rewards to them, the sons-in-law.

However, Zhou Luo was more concerned about entering the Spirit Vein Blessed Land.

Regarding this, Lin Fu said that in three days, he could enter the Spirit Vein Blessed Land for Cultivation along with the other sons-in-law.

Zhou Luo was greatly excited.

He had been waiting for this day for a long Time.

Three days passed in a flash, Zhou Luo changed into a new set of clothes and left the courtyard under Lin Qinghan's gaze.