"I was wounded on the battlefield. I can only ever have you as my daughter, and I truly don’t want to hold her back. Tomorrow, I’ll speak with Aunt Liu and make things clear."

"Father, do you like Aunt Liu?" ’If he likes her, none of this should be a problem,’ Ye Qianning thought. ’Besides, it’s clear Aunt Liu is completely devoted to him.’

"I wouldn’t say I like her. The estate arranging such a ridiculous ’warding-off-ill-fortune’ marriage... she’s the one to be pitied."

"If you really don’t like her, Father, you have to explain it to Aunt Liu properly." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"You don’t need to worry about this. I’ll handle it," Xiang Minghou said, changing the subject. "As for you, Dean Chen sent a letter today asking when you’ll be going to the academy."

"In a few more days." Thinking of her space, Ye Qianning added, "Father, I want a large cauldron."

"What kind of cauldron?"

"The kind used for Alchemy, for refining pills." ’Practicing Alchemy is my top priority right now,’ Ye Qianning thought.

"Alright. I’ll have someone get one for you tomorrow. What do you plan on making?"

"I want to refine those fruits into pills. That way, if I use them to treat people in the future, it won’t arouse suspicion. Plus, you can take them with you when you go to the battlefield."

The fruits from the space currently had hemostatic and pain-relieving properties, both of which were incredibly effective—much more so than regular herbs.

This was exactly the kind of medicine most needed on a battlefield.

"Don’t be reckless. Even pills can be traced," Xiang Minghou said. He didn’t want anything else from the space to be revealed; the risk was too great.

"Don’t worry, Father. I’ll be careful. No one will find out. If someone really asks, you can just say they were pills given to you by a master you met at the border." Seeing he was still worried, Ye Qianning added, "Heaven granted me these things, so it must want me to use them to help people. Don’t you agree, Father?"

Xiang Minghou thought her words had some merit. But for such an ability to exist in this world was a potential catastrophe. As a father, he didn’t want his child to possess it in the slightest.

"Father," Ye Qianning whined playfully.

Xiang Minghou looked down at her. "You know how to perform Alchemy?"

"I do."

"I’ll have someone get you one tomorrow. Once you make something, show it to me first. Even though I don’t practice Alchemy, I can still tell the good from the bad."

"You got it!" Ye Qianning was overjoyed. "I’ll go back and get everything ready. The moment the cauldron arrives, I’ll begin."

"Always so impulsive."

Xiang Minghou shook his head in resignation.

Although he hadn’t studied medicine, his numerous injuries meant he frequently dealt with medicinal herbs.

Over time, he’d learned to identify many of them by scent alone. ’If she can get it past my nose, there shouldn’t be a major problem.’

After lunch, Ye Qianning started tinkering in her space. She had collected nearly enough of the several types of fruit mentioned in the atlas. She decided that for the next few days, until the cauldron arrived, she would plant the entire plot of land in her space with medicinal herbs.

She still needed a lot of fortune points to unlock the next plot of land, but her current physical condition seemed stable, so she wasn’t in a rush. ’First, I’ll focus on refining some pills,’ she decided.

After harvesting the fruits she had planted, she suddenly remembered that the Fuwu Fruit could enhance one’s Inner Strength. For a martial artist, it was an absolute treasure.

Ye Qianning carefully stored the fruits, then exited her space and called Luo Wen, Luo Xuan, and Du Yi inside.

"Here," Ye Qianning said, giving one Fuwu Fruit to each of them. "Eating these will help enhance your Inner Strength."

Luo Wen and the other two held the Fuwu Fruits with trembling hands. They knew exactly what these fruits were; they had seen them recorded in the *Miscellaneous Atlas*.

How could they possibly accept something so precious?

"Young Miss, I dare not accept," Luo Wen said, kneeling.

Luo Xuan and Du Yi also dropped to their knees.