CHAPTER 618: CHAPTER 487: ON THE MATTER OF SLEEPING TOGETHER

After a difficult psychological struggle, Young Master Long Baobao ultimately couldn’t resist the temptation of delicious food and, without any scruples, revealed the crafting method of the Qiankun Bag to Ye Lingyue.

"But you’re not an Alchemist, what use would you have for the method to refine a Qiankun Bag?" Munching on a fragrant grilled fish, Long Baobao muttered.

The rubbing of the Jade Carving that recorded the refining method of the Qiankun Bag had already fallen into Ye Lingyue’s hands.

"That’s my own business. Anyway, during this period, I’m going to fatten you up so nicely that even your parents won’t recognize you when you go back." Ye Lingyue never expected that the refining method for the Qiankun Bag that she had always coveted would come into her hands so easily.

While examining the Jade Carving in her hands, Ye Lingyue didn’t notice that when Long Baobao heard the mention of "parents," the normally bright eyes dulled, briefly glossing over with a hint of tears.

After looking over the Jade Carving once, Ye Lingyue had a rough understanding of the method for refining the Qiankun Bag. When it comes down to it, refining a Qiankun Bag isn’t much different from the ordinary Spiritual Artifact refining.

There are two main difficulties involved, one of which is that the Qiankun Purple Gold Bamboo used as the raw material is extremely rare.

The second is Soul Infusion.

Ye Lingyue’s knowledge in forging was built on the Ye Family’s Xuantie forging; this so-called method of Soul Infusion was something she had never even heard of before.

Taking advantage of Long Baobao’s blissful eating, Ye Lingyue casually asked what Soul Infusion actually was.

"Soul Infusion is to infuse the power of the Five Elements into the Spiritual Artifact. Throughout the mainland, any Spiritual Artifact of Earth Rank or higher can be infused with the Five Elements Spirit. An artifact with elemental properties possesses much greater power than ordinary Spiritual Artifacts." Though Long Baobao was young, the moment the topic turned to Artifact Refining, he became as articulate as if opening a box of stories, appearing for all the world like a little adult.

It was thanks to Long Baobao that Ye Lingyue came to understand the importance of Soul Infusion.

Taking the Qiankun Bag as an example, infusing it with different Five Elements Spirits would result in different effects.

A Qiankun Bag infused with the Golden Spirit ensures that weapons placed inside stay sharper and don’t dull.

If a Qiankun Bag is infused with the Wood Spirit, the Spiritual Artifacts stored inside receive nourishment and are better preserved.

A Qiankun Bag infused with the Water Spirit has a chilling effect, which is excellent for storing various Elixir Pills.

Infusing a Qiankun Bag with the Fire Spirit allows it to maintain warmth, suitable for storing various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and all kinds of ores.

A Qiankun Bag infused with the Earth Spirit, on the other hand, has a storage space much larger than a regular Qiankun Bag.

The one belonging to Long Baobao, like his Pig Head Qiankun Bag, has both the Earth Spirit and Wood Spirit infused into it, and it’s said that the young master has stored nearly the size of a room’s worth of items inside.

"However, not everyone can perform Soul Infusion. If done poorly, it can waste materials. Only Alchemists of Fang Venerate Level and people like me, who have Star Power, can perform Soul Infusion." During this explanation, Long Baobao proudly puffed up his little chest.

Only then did Ye Lingyue find out that Long Baobao actually understood Star Power.

And from the looks of it, his cultivation of Star Power was not low.

"Young master, it’s getting late. It’s time to sleep."

Just as Long Baobao was enthusiastically talking, Housekeeper Huang bustled in, interrupting Long Baobao from continuing.

While the young master was giving Ye Lingyue the Jade Carving of the Qiankun Bag earlier, Housekeeper Huang wanted to stop him. But seeing the young master speak so much to someone, and considering Ye Lingyue was not an Alchemist, he hadn’t intervened.

However, the fact that the young master possessed Star Power, especially such special Star Power, had been a closely guarded secret when his lordship had been away, with repeated strict instructions that it must not be known to others.

Ye Lingyue could tell there was more than meets the eye; she didn’t press any further, feeling a subtle premonition that Long Baobao and Housekeeper Huang’s participation in this trip was not as simple as they claimed.

"Young Master Long, why don’t you sleep with me tonight?" Song Jingyun spoke amiably to Long Baobao.

She found Long Baobao adorable and had been very affectionate towards him throughout the trip, though it seemed Long Baobao was not very receptive.

Long Baobao’s big, black eyes spun around.

"I want to sleep with Sister Hei," he said and then scurried over to Ye Lingyue with his short little legs and started swinging her arm back and forth.

Perhaps it was the influence of the Star Saliva or maybe the grace of the roasted fish, but Long Baobao suddenly became much more affectionate towards Ye Lingyue.

Song Jingyun saw that Long Baobao would rather choose an ugly woman over herself and couldn’t help feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Young Master Long, we are in the wild. It’s quite likely we will encounter a beast attack at midnight. If you sleep with me, Dao Ge will stay inside the tent, which will be much safer," Song Jingyun said, glancing shyly at Dao Ge.

She and Dao Ge were engaged to be married, so sharing a tent was justifiable.

"I don’t want to, I want to sleep with Sister Hei; he can protect us," Long Baobao’s eyes flicked over to the figure of "Emperor" standing with folded arms, watching coldly from a distance.

"How can that work? How could I and the team leader sleep in the same tent?" Ye Lingyue’s face turned red at that, what nonsense this Little Steamed Bun was spouting.

"Why not? I can take the first shift of the night, and you can take the second," to Ye Lingyue’s surprise, the Emperor actually agreed to take shifts and keep watch throughout the night.

In fact, Wu Zhong and Yan Jiu had already decided before to take turns standing guard through the night, since they never trusted the people of "Blood Drink."

"There are only two tents for us. If you sleep with the Emperor and Little Steamed Bun, what about me?" Yan Jiu was frustrated.

"You sleep with her," Wu Zhong’s words left Yan Jiu and Lan Cai’er both feeling awkward.

When Dao Ge heard this, a flash of unusual color crossed his eyes.

"How could that be okay? I don’t want to sleep with him," Lan Cai’er looked at Yan Jiu with disdain.

"Hey, Little Lanzi, other girls can’t wait to sleep with me, and you dare to dislike me?" Yan Jiu was displeased.

"If you’re not averse to that, Miss Lanlan, you can come sleep in the tent on my side. We have more women here," Song Jingyun watched Yan Jiu and Lan Lan bickering leisurely, pursing her lips and smiling as she interjected.

"We definitely don’t want to sleep in the same tent as that monster," the Xia Family’s Three Sisters immediately said.

"Then, Miss Lanlan, why not sleep in a tent with me? I’ll ask Brother Dao to stand guard for us. How about it, Brother Dao?" Song Jingyun pleaded with Dao Ge.

Dao Ge did not respond immediately.

His attitude, however, incensed Lan Cai’er.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Miss Song, but I will sleep in the same tent as... the deputy team leader," said Lan Cai’er as she turned and headed back to her tent, leaving Yan Jiu touching his nose helplessly.

Dao Ge’s expression stiffened, yet for some reason, he felt a surge of irritation.

She disliked him so much that she preferred to sleep with a stranger rather than under his watchful eye.