Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Puchi! Puchi!

Wuwuwuwu~

Strange sounds kept echoing in Ji Boying's ears.

He felt something constantly shaking and flickering on his face, causing a slight tingling sensation that prevented him from sleeping peacefully.

He groggily opened his eyes and saw a blurry and hazy sight. There was a flickering red light in front of him, jumping back and forth and making strange noises...

Was it in a hurry?

Ji Boying was taken aback. After searching his empty mind for a while, he remembered that he had left this little guy, the Fire Spirit, in the alchemy room to crazily refine the Supreme Harmonious Sound Pill for himself.

Speaking of...

Since the five-year agreement began, he hadn't paid much attention to this guy.

Now that he remembered, it seemed like he hadn't paid him his salary for a long time. He wondered if this guy had been slacking off.

Ji Boying muttered in his mind, then slowly sat up, supporting his body.

"Wuwuwu..."

(Master, you're finally awake!)

Seeing Ji Boying get up, the Fire Spirit let out a cheer and whimpered happily.

Ji Boying absentmindedly patted the little guy's head and asked, "How long have I been asleep?"

"Wuwuwuwu~"

(You've been asleep for a very long time~)

"..."

Ji Boying gave a look that said, "Are you kidding me?" Then he pushed away the hot ball of fire in front of him.

Although the Fire Spirit now had some intelligence and had reached the level of a normal Border Collie in terms of IQ, it still didn't understand some rules.

For example...

When asked how long ago something happened, it could only convey a vague concept of "a while" or "a long time," but it couldn't tell you how many days exactly.

Another example is alchemy...

If you gave it an alchemical formula, it wouldn't understand it at all, just like a Border Collie not recognizing words. It could only imitate based on Ji Boying's demonstrations, which sometimes required him to refine the pill several times before the Fire Spirit could mimic it based on its intuitive memory.

Although communication was sometimes difficult, Ji Boying was happy with the current level of intelligence of the Fire Spirit.

In other words, it had a brain, but not much of it.

In this state, the Fire Spirit was a well-behaved, sensible, and hardworking worker. Ji Boying only needed to be responsible for setting goals, or rather, he didn't even need to set goals. He just needed to exploit and reap the benefits.

Sigh...

The boy who slayed dragons had ultimately become a dragon.

But to be honest, being a dragon was really cool!

"Wuwuwuwu..."

(Master, it's been a very long time since you last fed me!)

While Ji Boying was lost in thought, the Fire Spirit, who had been thrown away, had already jumped onto his shoulder, warm and cozy even in the middle of winter.

"You have the nerve to ask for food when you've been producing those low-quality pills recently?" Ji Boying glanced at the Fire Spirit beside him and said unkindly.

Although the Fire Spirit's alchemy skills had already reached a high level, especially the Supreme Harmonious Sound Pills, which were all of excellent quality, with about fifty to sixty percent reaching the level of top-grade pills...

But...

That didn't stop Ji Boying from teasing it and making it understand the ruthlessness of capital and human nature.

"Wuwuwuwu..."

(A simple whimper, meaning "I'm hungry.")

Ji Boying's lips curved into a smile, then he deliberately put on a serious face and said indifferently, "Let's see your alchemy achievements in these years first."

"If it's good, I'll consider giving you some hard-earned money."

"After all, you're my contracted spirit, and you've been working diligently all these years. I can't treat you unfairly, right?"

With that, Ji Boying folded his hands behind his back, assuming a leader's posture, and began a surprise inspection of the nearby alchemy room.

The area of this standalone small courtyard was much larger than the Bamboo Tower in the back mountain of the commercial branch.

So, the Dan Chamber and the Talisman Chamber are no longer combined like before, but are separate rooms.

Of course...

These two rooms are adjacent to each other, and the dividing wall in between has been opened by Ji Boying, with only a simple barrier set up. This is also why the Fire Spirit was able to enter the Talisman Chamber after Ji Boying fell unconscious.

Since Ji Boying no longer personally refines pills, the layout of the Dan Chamber is very simple, with only shelves for medicinal herbs, pill racks, empty medicine bottles, and a pill furnace.

As for the medicinal herbs, because Ji Boying has Yun Qianshan bring over the herbs according to the pill formulas he provides every once in a while, even though he hasn't entered the Dan Chamber much in recent years, the shelves are not only filled to the brim, but also arranged in an orderly and clear manner.

As for the pill racks...

"What the f*ck?"

Ji Boying was stunned for a moment, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

If he were wearing sunglasses at this moment, his expression would definitely be to slightly lower the sunglasses and reveal his round 24K titanium alloy dog eyes.

On the three pill racks, there were densely packed jade bottles. Not only that, but even below the pill racks, there were stacks upon stacks depending on the style.

Ji Boying walked to the side of the pill rack and casually picked up one of the jade bottles. He removed the bottle stopper and lightly fanned it with his palm. Before long, a pure and rich pill fragrance wafted over!

Fortunately, it's not the Supreme and Ming Pills, otherwise if I took a whiff, I could just go next door.

"Wuwuwu..."

(How is it, Master? Am I amazing?)

The Fire Spirit whimpered happily around Ji Boying.

Ji Boying sneered and put the pill bottle back, saying indifferently, "You can already refine four-star intermediate-grade pills, right?"

"Wuwu..."

(Yes!)

The Fire Spirit happily whimpered twice, admitting it with pride.

"Hehe..."

Ji Boying casually threw the pill bottle back onto the shelf and said coldly, "If you can already refine four-star intermediate-grade pills, why do you still want to refine lower-grade pills?"

"Wuwuwu..."

(Aren't you the one who told me to follow the pill formulas?")

The Fire Spirit expressed some confusion.

"You dare to argue! I told you to refine what I told you to refine? Don't you know how to adapt? Clearly, you can refine four-star intermediate-grade pills, but you insist on refining lower-grade ones. You're clearly slacking off!"

"I always thought you were an obedient and sensible Fire Spirit, sigh!"

"In the end, I was wrong..."

With that, Ji Boying sighed heavily and turned around silently, leaving only a desolate figure for the Fire Spirit.

"Wuwu..."

(Simple whimpering, indicating crying)

"Forget it, you've followed me for so many years, it's not easy for you. I won't deduct your essence fire."

"Continue refining pills!"

Ji Boying waved his hand, as if forgiving the Fire Spirit's slacking off.

Upon hearing that Ji Boying wouldn't deduct his essence fire, the Fire Spirit immediately let out a grateful whimper and promised to work even harder in the future.

Ji Boying was very satisfied with this.

After leaving a few popular pill formulas, Ji Boying directly left the Dan Chamber and silently took out his identity token, applying for a hundred strands of essence fire from headquarters.

Because the amount was large, it would probably take one or two months to arrive.

That's okay, when the time comes, I can just find a reason and give it to the Fire Spirit as a reward.

After inspecting the Fire Spirit's work, Ji Boying originally wanted to go next door, but seeing that it was already late and his two wives would be back from their shop soon, so...

Ji Boying gave up on the idea of letting Li Yueyao experience his new version of Goldfinger.

"I wonder what changes the upgraded system will bring..."

"Hopefully it will give me a few more attributes!"

"By the way... it's almost the hour of the Dog. Why haven't those two girls come back yet?"

"Should I... go and see? It's been so long, and I've never picked them up from work before!"

"Coincidentally, I can also take this opportunity to visit the night market along the way!"

With this thought in mind, Ji Boying walked directly towards the direction of the shop...