My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

Bu Zhan’s Fire Luan transformed into a long-feathered fire bird and stood on his shoulder after entering Qing’yuan Forest. The aura of a Peak-Phase Tier 8 was fully exposed so that no demonic beasts below Tier 9 dared to approach the group of people.

Along the way, as long as they encountered spiritual herbs, no matter how high or low-level they were, Lou Mu Yan would dig them up and throw them into the medicinal field that had long been moved into the bell space for planting.

The huge opportunity she gave Wu Nuan wasn’t just all talk, but she was sincerely planning to spread the business of pills throughout the uman Realm, so she didn’t let go of any spiritual herbs even for refining grade 1 pills.

She once learnt in an ancient book on how to cultivate spiritual herbs, making it propagate or drop seeds, and after a period of time of planting the spiritual herb, it could become a field of spiritual herbs.

With the ripening function of the ice bangle, the age of that field of spiritual herbs would also continue to rise.

“Mu Yan, you really don’t let go of a single spiritual herb!” Bu Zhan couldn’t help joking when he saw that Lou Mu Yan was digging up even a level 1 spiritual herb.

Lou Mu Yan didn’t look like a person who was short of money, so why did she like collecting spiritual herbs so much?

They’d understand if it were high-level spiritual herbs, but this act of digging up spiritual herbs as soon as she saw one was really the same as her collecting low-level spirit pets. They truly couldn’t agree with such a habit.

If it weren’t that they could feel from her aura that she was indeed a Sword Sovereign, and that faint medicinal fragrance on her body should’ve been accumulated all year round, they’d really think that she was pretending to be a grade 4 physician.

“I’m a bit thrifty.” Lou Mu Yan shrugged with a smile.

“…”

Hearing her words, they twitched their lips. Even being thrifty didn’t mean you needed to collect even level 1 and 2 spiritual herbs right…

Lou Mu Yan knew what the party was thinking but was also helpless.

Fresh spiritual herbs were needed to propagate and collect seeds. The spiritual herbs sold outside had long lost the possibility of propagating, otherwise she wouldn’t be so troublesome and would’ve went directly to the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance to buy a batch of spiritual herbs.

And Qing’yuan Forest was indeed a resource paradise where many high and low-level spiritual herbs could be found.

After walking an afternoon, they encountered several waves of other people. Those that they knew, they’d greet each other, and those they didn’t know, they would avoid, but they didn’t meet any danger.

As night fell, a crescent moon hung in the sky. The night was slightly cool, and the breeze blew slowly.

When the group reached an open area by the river, Bu Zhan said: “Let’s rest here tonight. Many demonic beasts are active at night and it’s too dangerous to travel.”

“Alright!” The others agreed.

Several people in the mercenary party went to collect dry wood and lit a campfire. Everyone sat around the campfire.

There weren’t any bored enough to go and defeat a monster to roast and eat. After all, they didn’t need food, and the smell of blood and food would attract demonic beasts to attack.

Old Xiong took out a paper bag and sprinkled some yellow medicinal powder around. Lou Mu Yan knew what it was just by smelling it casually.

“Mu Yan, do you know how to refine pills?” Feng Seven had a cheerful personality and she kept a sense of freshness in everything, so she chatted with Lou Mu Yan from time to time along the way.

Lou Mu Yan nodded with a faint smile: “Mm, I can.”

Feng Seven’s eyes lit up and continued to ask: “Then what grade of alchemist are you? You’re a grade 4 physician, have you exceeded it as an alchemist?”

“Exceeded.” Lou Mu Yan also liked Feng Seven, this little girl.

“Wow, you’re a grade 5 alchemist!” Feng Seven blinked and said with a smile: “Mu Yan, you’re really amazing!”

“A grade 5 alchemist isn’t much among the entire Guang’ling World right.” Lou Mu Yan said in amusement.

According to the news she inquired about, only alchemists of grade 6 and above were highly respected on the continent. Although grade 5 alchemists also attracted many powerful forces, but their status wasn’t as valuable.

Guang’ling World was rich in spiritual force and resources, and there were many high-level people who specialised in 5 specialisations. Grade 5 specialisation masters were only average.

“A grade 5 alchemist is already very powerful for us.” Feng Seven said with star-lit eyes.

Lou Mu Yan could see that she wasn’t being sarcastic. She took out a bottle of grade 5 Elemental Enhancing Pills from her interspatial ring with a smile and handed it to Feng Seven, “For you to eat.”

The grade 5 pills on her were something that even her spirit pets don’t eat anymore. The ones in her interspatial ring were originally refined for the juniors of the Lou Clan and Ling Clan, but the teleportation was too sudden, so she didn’t deliver it.

Feng Seven was stunned for a moment, took the porcelain bottle, and opened the bottle cap. A scent of pills overflowed and spread.

She poured one in her hand, and everyone noticed that the pills were round and plump, and they were top-quality at first glance.

“Ah! The pill scent smells like an intermediate-level grade 5 pill.” Feng Seven took one and ate it, then her eyes sparkled as she said: “Mu Yan, what kind of pill is this? After taking it, I feel the elemental energy in my body condensing and purifying.”

Seeing this, the others stared fixedly at the elixir in Feng Seven’s hand. Grade 5 pills were even useful for people like them who were at Sword Sovereign and Sword Venerable.

“This is the Elemental Enhancing Pill. After taking it, it can increase the purity of the elemental energy within.” Lou Mu Yan smiled lightly and explained.

Feng Seven suddenly felt embarrassed after hearing her say it: “Mu Yan, this pill is too expensive, one is enough, can I give the rest to my other teammates?”

“Sure!” Lou Mu Yan smiled indifferently.

She had already put ten pills in the bottle. If Feng Seven took all the pills for herself, she’d take out a bottle of pills and distribute them, but in the future, Feng Seven would only be a casual acquaintance.

But fortunately, Feng Seven didn’t disappoint her.

Old Xiong furrowed his brows slightly and said: “Xiao Seven1, although Mu Yan is a grade 5 alchemist, but grade 5 pills are very precious, how can you give them all away, hurry and return them to Mu Yan.”

It was impossible to buy intermediate-level grade 5 pills in major chambers of commerce or even the Pill Tower. Each time it appeared, it was basically used for auctions. It was very precious, and it must have been difficult for Lou Mu Yan to refine.

Although the others were reluctant, but they didn’t want to take advantage of Lou Mu Yan either, so they asked Feng Seven to return it to Lou Mu Yan.

Lou Mu Yan chuckled and said: “It’s fine, you can take it all, it’s just a few grade 5 pills.”

“…” The others were speechless when they heard her indifferent tone.

Earlier they watched as she didn’t even let go of a level 1 spiritual herb, but the moment she gifted, it was ten grade 5 intermediate-level pills. Now they really couldn’t understand Lou Mu Yan’s thought process.

It seemed that she was a person who acted carefreely, with a weird temper. She really had that bit of the demeanour of a powerful master.

“This pill is very important to us, so we won’t be polite. If we find Dragon Beard Herbs in the future, it’ll all be yours.” The interest in Bu Zhan’s eyes grew stronger.

The others also agreed. After all, the value of a grade 5 pill was actually higher than that of Dragon Beard Herbs.

“Sure, then I’ll give you a few pills when I refine some using the Dragon Beard Herbs.” Lou Mu Yan had always been very generous to people she liked.

Everyone present smiled and said: “Then I’d like to thank Mu Yan for your kindness.”

They didn’t have much hope for the pills refined from the Dragon Beard Herb. After all, as everyone knew, the Dragon Beard Herb was the main ingredient for refining grade 6 pills, but they’d still take Lou Mu Yan’s kindness to heart.

The several people sat and chatted for a while, then after Bu Zhan instructed the people rotating on night watch, they all sat cross-legged to rest.

When the sky dawned, there were sudden waves of fighting fluctuations in the distance and several shrill screams resounded nearby.

1What are readers used to, Xiao, or Little? I haven’t read translated versions of Chinese novels so I haven’t been exposed to how other translators translate things. For those who don’t know, ‘Little’ is often added in front of a person’s name (or nickname) as a term of endearment in Chinese, often used for females or those younger. E.g. Mu Yan could be ‘Little Yan/Xiao Yan’. Anyways…

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