“Why? You should know that you will get more if you get the share.” Xie Qiong asked Mu Chen.
Mu Chen nodded and said: “I know. But I really need the spirit stones. Although it is worth dividing, it takes longer.”
Ye Shi rolled his eyes at Mu Chen because he was impatient.
Xie Qiong smiled and said: “If that’s the case, then…”
“Wait a moment.” Ye Shi said excitedly.
Xie Qiong was amused by Ye Shi’s troubled face, and asked: “What’s wrong?”
Ye Shi summoned all the courage to interrupt them: “500,000 is not enough, at least 600,000. It’s too expensive to live in the imperial capital.” Ye Shi looked at Xie Qiong anxiously and said.
“Okay, 600,000.” Xie Qiong smiled and said.
Ye Shi felt depressed for a while as Xie Qiong agreed to the price. 600,000 was still cheap. He should have asked for 700,000.
After negotiating the terms, they finalized the transaction. Mu Chen was relieved that he had 600,000 in his account.
Mu Chen walked out with Ye Shi: “Shi Tou, you’re really amazing. You got us an extra 100,000 spirit stones.”
Ye Shi rolled his eyes and said: “Only 100,000 spirit stones. Do you know how quickly he agreed to the offer? I should raise another 100,000, oh no, 200,000. I’m sure he’ll agree to it too.”
Mu Chen smiled helplessly and comforted him: “Okay. It’s good to get an extra 100,000 spirit stones. Don’t be too greedy.”
“Aren’t you angry?” Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen and asked.
“Angry? Why would I be?” Mu Chen asked in confusion.
Ye Shi said: “The people from the Low Level Alchemist Association stole your recipe! If you have the recipe, then we…”
“Even if I have the recipe now, I’ll give it to you sooner or later. With my current abilities, I’m not strong enough to keep it to myself. Besides, I won’t make full use of it. I probably can’t make that much money. The Low Level Alchemist Association made me a generous offer.” Mu Chen said calmly.
Ye Shi pouted and said: “That’s right!”
……
The next day, at the Low Level Alchemist Association.
“Ruofeng, you are so extraordinary that you can actually think of using Bitter Wood Leaf to neutralize the poison of ebony.” Xie Danyan looked at Lan Ruofeng in admiration.
Lan Ruofeng smiled lightly and said: “That’s nothing. It’s just an idea that popped out of my mind. It doesn’t happen often.”
“Ruofeng, you are being humble. I have some ancient recipes that are incomplete. Some elders in the association are trying to fix them. Are you interested?” Xie Danyan looked at Lan Ruofeng expectantly and asked shyly.
“Of course.” Lan Ruofeng said without hesitation. Although Lan Ruofeng was not interested in Xie Danyan, he was happy that a noble and rich girl was interested in him.
Zhuang Yu stood aside and listened to the conversation between the two. He was obviously jealous.
While Xie Danyan was chatting and laughing with Lan Ruofeng, she observed Zhuang Yu with the corner of her eye from time to time.
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Zhuang Yu was blue-faced as he noticed Xie Danyan’s gaze.
“Mu Chen.” As he watched Mu Chen walk out, Zhuang Yu was surprised and happy to see him.
Lan Ruofeng frowned, following Zhuang Yu’s gaze and asked: “Mu Chen? Why is this man here?”
“He’s a member of our association.” Xie Danyan replied.
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“A level one alchemist? No! Mu Chen is a level two alchemist.” Xie Danyan said.
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Xie Danyan nodded and said: “Yes.”
Lan Ruofeng frowned and said: “Even if he is a level two alchemist, he should not be qualified to be a member of your association.”
“Usually not. But he answered more than 200 questions that were each rewarded with more than 100 spirit stones in Bi City. And that happened in one day. More than 100 questions proved to be correct. Grandpa Fu was impressed by his talent. So he made an exception to recruit him as an associate member.” Xie Danyan explained.
When Mu Chen was in Bi City, he chose to answer questions anonymously. Therefore, few people knew that Mu Chen was the answerer. Fu Zuquan and Xie Qiong hid this secret just in case Mu Chen was discovered by other forces.
Xie Qiong also warned Xie Danyan not to tell others. But Xie Danyan forgot about it when Lan Ruofeng asked him.
“No way! When I met him in Mo City, he had just become a level one alchemist, and it had only been a few months. How did he become so powerful? I heard that those questions were answered by a senior alchemist passing by.” Lan Ruofeng said.
Xie Danyan frowned and explained further: “Those questions were answered anonymously, and the spirit stones were transferred to Mu Chen’s spirit stone card. But I personally doubt that the questions were not answered by Mu Chen, but Mu Chen heard the answers from others and then wrote them down.”
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Lan Ruofeng narrowed his eyes and said to himself: ‘Did Ye Shi help Mu Chen answer so many questions? But he never heard that Qu Kun knew anything about alchemy.’
Xie Danyan nodded: “I think so too. Mu Chen had just been promoted to a level two alchemist, but many of the questions he answered were about late-grade level two alchemy. And he never answered any more questions.”
“That’s really suspicious!” Lan Ruofeng said with a frown.
Zhuang Yu sighed and said sadly: “Mu Chen always likes to take shortcuts. But shortcuts are not the right path!”
Xie Danyan frowned and said: “You know Mu Chen?”
Zhuang Yu nodded and said: “Yes!”
“Does he always like to cheat?” Xie Danyan immediately asked.
Zhuang Yu frowned and said helplessly: “He doesn’t… he’s just immature.”
Xie Danyan narrowed his eyes and said disdainfully: “So he’s a liar.”
……
Mu Chen and Ye Shi walked into the low-level alchemist association in the imperial capital and by chance they met Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu again.
Seeing Ye Shi, Lan Ruofeng walked towards Mu Chen and Ye Shi with a faint smile: “Young Master Mu, what a coincidence to meet you again. Have you found a place to live?”
Mu Chen nodded and said: “Yes.”
“The low-level alchemist association gave us a place to stay, for free.” Ye Shi said proudly.
Lan Ruofeng glanced at Xie Danyan. Xie Danyan looked at Mu Chen disdainfully and said: “Mu Chen, no matter what method you use to deceive my grandfather and make him think highly of you, you should know that, once a cheater, always a cheater!”
Mu Chen: “…”
Ye Shi: “…”
“Who is your grandfather?” Ye Shi asked.
Xie Danyan made a long face, snorted coldly, and said: “You don’t need to pretend to be confused. My grandfather is the president of the association, Xie Qiong.”
Ye Shi looked down and understood that he was referring to the sly old man who bought Mu Chen’s recipe for cheap. He wondered if the old man was a good person or not. Now judging from Xie Danyan, he was more certain that the old man was not a good person.
“Mu Chen, if you take the wrong path, although you can get a little benefit for a while, you will end up in big trouble later.” Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen and said solemnly.
Mu Chen: “…”
Ye Shi looked at Zhuang Yu in confusion and said: “What nonsense are you talking about?”
Zhuang Yu didn’t speak, just looked at Mu Chen with complicated eyes.
Mu Chen said to Xie Danyan and the others, holding Ye Shi’s hand: “Excuse me. We have to leave now.”
Xie Danyan immediately stood in front of Mu Chen and said: “Mu Chen, why are you desperate to leave? Because you are guilty?”
Mu Chen said sarcastically: “Yes! I’m guilty, very guilty.”
Xie Danyan gritted her teeth and said: “I know you’re a fraud.”
“Miss, you’re quite observant.” Mu Chen said with a fake smile.
“You’re…” Xie Danyan looked angrily at Mu Chen.
Mu Chen ignored what Xie Danyan said and pulled Ye Shi.
Mu Chen dragged Ye Shi forward and thought: ‘I can’t stay in the Low Level Alchemist Association because Xie Danyan is Xie Qiong’s granddaughter. Xie Danyan was one of the female cannon fodder in the original story. She had fallen in love with Lan Ruofeng, and had done many things for Lan Ruofeng, but Lan Ruofeng was never interested in her.’
Xie Danyan is Xie Qiong’s granddaughter. Now, she hated him because of Lan Ruofeng. He had to stay away from her because Xie Qiong loved his granddaughter so much.
Mu Chen said to Ye Shi: “Shi Tou, we should get out of that association.”
Ye Shi said reluctantly: “But it’s free! Are you afraid of that girl?”
Mu Chen shook his head and said: “It’s not like that. That girl is close to Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu, but I don’t want to get entangled with these two people. Besides, we are not short of money now and the Saint Star Academy exams are about to start.”
“You’re right. We can’t get too close to them. I have a bad feeling about Lan Ruofeng and Zhuang Yu.” Ye Shi suddenly felt indescribable disgust when talking about the two.
T/N: I never understood why high schoolers date like focus on your grades, study for the SAT smh these kids are 14/15 lol.
ANYWAYS here’s another novel called ‘A Cure for the Dark Heart’
Li Hengyuan was an internationally known “Medical Lunatic”. Having saved countless lives, he was eventually gunned down by someone he trusted the most.
Fortunately, Li Hengyuan’s soul was reincarnated, and he found himself sitting in a sedan chair on the way to warding off the imminent death of His Highness, Lord Pinghe by marrying him.
With fair skin, a good figure and long legs, Lord Pinghe had always been known as the most gorgeous man in the capital. However, he was also a vicious beauty. Not only that he had mastered all sorts of fascinating tricks of using poison, but he was also like a glutinous rice ball with sesame filling, looking soft, sickly and harmless to everyone, but under the meek surface there was a dark heart.
Despite that, Li Hengyuan doted on him, and couldn’t have loved him or pampered him more.
Until one day, the allegedly ailing beautiful Lord pressed Li Hengyuan against his bed.
Li Hengyuan stared at him with astonishment: “Honey, what are you doing?”
The gorgeous Lord ripped open Li Hengyuan’s clothes, and responded with actions.
After finishing their intimacy, Li Hengyuan felt like weeping but failed to shed a tear. He had just been deflowered by the flower he had nurtured!!
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“but Mu Chen heard the answers from others and then wrote them down”
And where would you get so many generous “others” who would forfeit the spirit stone reward for Mu Chen’s sake? Where were those “others” when the questions were left unanswered before? Why can’t people simply use their brains?
Thank you for the chapter.
What can I say jealousy makes people delusional
Well, these kids are not that bright🤷♀️
Omg wait this novel sounds so cute and fluffy 😭 I don’t know what to choose now!
Broo these people do not leave them alone like Zhuang Yu, bro, he has no interest in you and you look down on him, you’re not Mary Su! 🙄
Haha yeah I can’t stand dog blood novels I love fluffy comedic ones
This novel sounds more interesting than the other one
A cure for the dark heart sounds like a fun read.
Please can you translate that novel. It sounds so cute and intriguing ❤❤❤thanks for your hard work 💖🙏
I would like to 😘 I think I read a similar story before on wattpad but it is long ago so I don’t remember the title anymore, all I know is that I am (nabitin but in English) but I can’t find it anymore. Maybe this is the one I’m looking for but even if it’s now, I would still love to read your new work (adds another on my phone bookkark)