I brought back an alchemist.

The voice from the Jade Pool Empress left Luo Ningshuang stunned in place.

This mysterious powerhouse from the Outer Realm actually considered her fiancé to be a calamity?

And her hesitation at this moment was seen by Su Ming.

He began to ignore her appearance and look for more information about her.

"No ring, no bracelet... is it that item?" Staring at the necklace on Luo Ningshuang's neck, Su Ming had an answer in his heart.

The Golden Finger belonging to her was inside that necklace.

"Jade Pool Empress, what nonsense are you talking about?" Luo Ningshuang questioned directly.

"I... I don't know the reason, my memories haven't fully recovered yet, but I can feel it—this person before you is a massive Calamity Star! If you stay with him, you won't come to a good end!"

Facing the Jade Pool Empress's warning, Luo Ningshuang sneered in her heart.

"He's a Calamity Star? If not for that slight relationship between us, I would have been expelled from Jixia Academy six months ago."

"If not for him, I would still be in the Academy's Alchemy Room performing Alchemy day and night."

"Do you know who caused all of this? You! Because of you, my cultivation fell, and my Innate Dao Pattern was suppressed."

"In this world where strength is respected, even a three-year-old child understands the fate of those without cultivation."

"Jade Pool Empress, haven't you realized yet? To me, you are the Calamity Star!"

Hearing Luo Ningshuang's retort, the Jade Pool Empress dared not say another word.

She knew Luo Ningshuang's hatred for her.

If the jade pool heavenly lock hadn't been completely bound, Luo Ningshuang would have definitely thrown it into a sewer without a second glance.

"But, but he really is..."

"Shut up!" Luo Ningshuang wiped her hand over the jade pool heavenly lock, completely silencing the Jade Pool Empress's voice.

As the current owner of this treasure, this was the only thing she could do.

Su Ming took in all of Luo Ningshuang's agitated expressions; he saw the anger in her eyes.

"Probably arguing with her 'old grandpa' or 'old grandma'..."

Su Ming could completely understand this kind of thing.

It would be fine if this kind of cheat could be used directly, but if one had to give something up first to get the cheat, it could really wear a person down.

Originally you were a Genius admired by all, but then you suddenly fell into the mud and became a mediocre person; not everyone can handle such a drop.

Luo Ningshuang's appearance in the original work was three years later, which means her cheat would have to keep draining her cultivation for another three years; even he wouldn't be able to stand being messed with like that.

"Ahem." Su Ming coughed twice and said to Luo Ningshuang, "We already know each other's names, so there's no need for extra introductions."

"The guest room on the east side of the courtyard is yours. If you have any other needs, you can find Uncle Meng."

"Even though you've followed me, I don't hope to keep a decorative 'vase' in the future..."

Facing such blunt words, Uncle Meng's eyes widened.

Wouldn't such a blunt description hurt her feelings?

However, when Uncle Meng looked at Luo Ningshuang, he found that she didn't have the slightest bit of resistance.

She calmly accepted Su Ming's words.

"Such Heart-Nature is indeed rare."

In reality, Su Ming was just repeating the contents of the letter he had given to Luo Ningshuang.

Rather than being kept as a 'vase', Luo Ningshuang preferred to use her own abilities to earn equal treatment.

Su Ming's words were exactly what she wanted.

"I've seen your files; Alchemy is one of the skills you can offer right now."

As Su Ming spoke, he tossed a Pill Furnace into a corner of the courtyard.

That was the 'xuan yang li fire cauldron' obtained from the sect treasure vault, considered one of the top five Pill Furnaces on the Qianyuan Continent.

Su Ming then placed Materials and fuel to the side and said, "First, refine a batch of qi nourishing pills."

"Okay."

Luo Ningshuang answered briefly, walked directly to the Materials, neatly selected the ones she needed, and then activated the 'xuan yang li fire cauldron'.

With just a small injection of spiritual energy, intense heat rose inside.

Normally, this high temperature should have incinerated everything around it, but those temperatures were now confined inside the Pill Furnace, without the slightest leak.

The more top-tier a Pill Furnace is, the less likely its internal temperature is to leak, and the internal conditions are also very stable, making the risk of a furnace explosion extremely low.

Luo Ningshuang confirmed the temperature of the flame, then sent the Materials into the Pill Furnace in batches; her movements were incredibly swift and precise, more skilled than some old Alchemists.

Uncle Meng watched and slowly whispered in Su Ming's ear, "Young Lord, the Young Mistress's Alchemy ability, from what I see, is no worse than some Alchemy Elders of the Three Saints Sect..."

Hearing this, although Su Ming had no expression on his face, he was extremely happy in his heart.

This indirectly proved the value of his fiancée.

Once her cultivation recovers in the future, she will go even further on the Path of Alchemy.

[Host has successfully changed the Destiny Female Lead's fate trajectory, obtaining 4,000 destiny points]

Hearing this prompt, Su Ming looked at Luo Ningshuang, who was currently refining pills.

Her expression at this moment was incredibly serious and focused, not distracted by external influences in the slightest.

Once all the Materials in the Pill Furnace turned into medicinal liquid, Luo Ningshuang took them out and sealed them in a container to wait for them to solidify.

"Young Lord, I have never seen this kind of Alchemy technique..."

"Uncle Meng, are you sure you've never seen it?" This time it was Su Ming's turn to be surprised.

Uncle Meng was not just an ordinary Guardian; he had lived for a thousand years on the Qianyuan Continent. When his lifespan was nearly at its end, he was chosen by Su Wu, who gave him Medicinal Pills to extend his life and make him Su Ming's Guardian.

Regarding the general situation of the Qianyuan Continent, Uncle Meng was clearer than most Old Ancestors of the Sects.

An Alchemy technique that even Uncle Meng hadn't seen was either from a much earlier time or... it came from other worlds Beyond the Realm.

Su Ming leaned towards the latter.

This fiancée of his truly had better luck than Chu Fan.

Thinking of this, Luo Ningshuang's qi nourishing pills were also finished.

It was a large piece of semi-solid formed by the medicinal liquid. Luo Ningshuang took out a mold and pressed the pills right in front of the two of them.

A batch of fresh qi nourishing pills was thus produced.

"Uncle Meng, give a critique."

Hearing this, Luo Ningshuang directly handed all the qi nourishing pills to Uncle Meng.

Uncle Meng pinched a pill, a flash of shock in his eyes: "High-grade Pill Veins... the effect is 20% stronger than normal qi nourishing pills."

"It's not just that," Luo Ningshuang added. "Because my refining technique is different, Materials can be saved by 20%, and output can be increased by 30%!"

As the only thing she could offer right now, Luo Ningshuang appeared incredibly confident.

She looked at Su Ming, waiting for his final answer.

"In the future, I will provide the Materials for Alchemy. After selling them and deducting the cost of Materials, I will take 30% of the Spirit Stones, and the rest will be yours. If you don't want Spirit Stones, I can exchange them for equivalent cultivation resources. Can you accept this?"

"I accept."

[Host has successfully changed the Destiny Female Lead's fate trajectory, obtaining 10,000 destiny points]

Whether or not they would get married in the future was one thing, but keeping her by his side as an Alchemist was the priority.