CHAPTER 979: CHAPTER 976: WAITING FOR A RABBIT BY THE TREE

"I wouldn’t dare to use these flowers and plants for a bath. As for why, you’ll see soon enough." Lin Tian smiled mysteriously, not explaining right away.

The flowers and plants An Xiaoru picked weren’t rare or valuable; they were all in the garden, so gathering them wasn’t difficult.

There were a total of five types of flowers and plants, picked along with their branches and leaves. Lin Tian sorted them carefully, and then under An Xiaoru’s curious gaze, he lit the charcoal crystal of the alchemy furnace.

"So Mr. Lin is using these flowers and plants to refine medicine," An Xiaoru suddenly realized.

Lin Tian smiled vaguely and said, "You could say it’s medicine refining."

This time, medicine refining was much easier for him. After adding spring water into the furnace, he picked off the petals one by one and tossed them into the alchemy furnace. After finishing with the petals, he picked the leaves, and finally, he picked all the petals and leaves of all the flowers and plants and threw them into the alchemy furnace.

This time, there was no need to cover the furnace; Lin Tian casually picked a flower branch and stirred the flower leaves inside the furnace while controlling the flame to heat it.

After half an hour, Lin Tian extinguished the flame, allowed the alchemy furnace to cool down, filtered out the leaves inside, and poured all the refined liquid into a large bottle.

The liquid was pink in color, incredibly beautiful to look at, and An Xiaoru curiously leaned in to smell it, catching the faint floral fragrance in the air.

"Mr. Lin, I get it now. Are you making perfume?" An Xiaoru said excitedly. Girls naturally love perfume, and this liquid, with its beautiful color and floral scent, seemed just like those perfumes.

Lin Tian shook his head, not responding to her question. He then took a white pen from the pen holder, dipped it into the liquid for a while, and when he took it out, the originally white pen shaft had a layer of pink on it.

An Xiaoru blinked in surprise and guessed again, "Oh, I know! Mr. Lin, you’re making dye."

"Miss Xiao Ru, you are very close to the truth." Lin Tian smiled.

He held the pen up to dry, and a few minutes later, the pink on the pen shaft gradually faded, returning to its original white color.

"The color faded? Did the dye fail?" An Xiaoru asked.

"Did it fade? Haha, pour a cup of warm water, and I’ll show you if the color really faded." Lin Tian smiled mysteriously.

An Xiaoru quickly poured a cup of warm water. Lin Tian didn’t explain, directly soaking the pen shaft into the warm water. Under An Xiaoru’s astonished gaze, the pink that initially disappeared on the pen shaft slowly reappeared.

"How could this be?" An Xiaoru asked in amazement.

Lin Tian took out the pen shaft and explained, "To you, it seems like a dye, but it’s actually a kind of medicine. This medicine is peculiar; in a low-temperature environment, the color vanishes, but once it’s in a warm environment, the color reappears. Moreover, once this color is on, it can’t be washed off within five days."

"Ah, no wonder Mr. Lin said he wouldn’t dare to bathe with it. If it accidentally washed onto the skin, you’d turn into a pink person. If your body temperature rises in public, turning entirely pink would be so embarrassing," An Xiaoru, being a smart girl, instantly grasped the implication.

"You’re absolutely right," Lin Tian acknowledged.

This medicine is just a minor plaything, recorded in the pharmacist’s notes. It can’t cure or poison anyone; it’s just that the color change is oddly interesting.

Last time at the Island Country Shrine, Lin Tian witnessed Oda Manaka crafting a highly corrosive potion. In the pharmacist’s notes, aside from some elixir recipes, many peculiar potions like this were recorded.

Lin Tian set aside the pen, took the glass bottle containing the Shaoyang Pill, and soaked it in the pink liquid. The outer wall of the glass bottle quickly took on a layer of pink color. After drying it, the pink faded, returning the bottle to its transparent state.

He placed the Shaoyang Pill along with the glass bottle back on the most conspicuous spot on the desk, making it seem as though it was within easy reach. Of course, anyone who paid attention and grabbed the glass bottle would get the medicine on the outside wall on their hands.

"Miss Xiao Ru, no matter what commotion occurs upstairs tonight, don’t come up," Lin Tian instructed An Xiaoru after placing the elixir.

An Xiaoru, not knowing what Lin Tian intended, agreed, "Alright, if Mr. Lin needs anything, just call for me."

After An Xiaoru left, only Lin Tian remained in the study; it was almost dinner time, and after dinner, nightfall would begin.

Lin Tian went through all this trouble to lure out the person with bad intentions. If his guess was correct, it was once again that cousin Mo Mingda playing tricks.

Since coming to the Yun Family, he had been provoked three or four times in a minor way, but Lin Tian never took it seriously. However, this time, Mo Mingda very likely set his sights on the elixir.

Even without much thought, it was clear that Mo Mingda feared the old man’s illness would be cured, and Yun Xiaotian would get credit, leaving him with no chance to share in the Yun Family’s wealth.

The elixir was for Mr. Yun’s illness, and if Mo Mingda did nothing about it, this matter would pass. But if Mo Mingda attempted to sabotage the elixir, Lin Tian aimed to deal with him once and for all.

With night fully upon them outside the window, Lin Tian took a stool, sat behind the bookshelf, reading while he waited. The light in the study was on, illuminating the Shaoyang Pill on the desk, making it very conspicuous; anyone entering the room would surely see the elixir first.

The waiting was tedious, but fortunately, Lin Tian’s mind was occupied with researching the Yin Yang Life Fruit, making time pass swiftly.

It was past midnight, around two in the morning, and Lin Tian thought no one would come. He figured that while Mo Mingda might be jealous of Yun Xiaotian, he wouldn’t fiercely destroy the elixir. Just as he was stretching and preparing to head to the bedroom for a good sleep, a soft sound of something cutting through the air was heard from outside the window. Lin Tian’s eyes narrowed as he focused on the window where he could see clearly, whereas anyone outside wouldn’t spot what lay behind the bookshelf.

The visitor was an expert; the sound was very faint. If Lin Tian’s hearing wasn’t keen and he wasn’t paying attention, he wouldn’t have caught it. However, he was puzzled how someone like Mo Mingda could bring in such a professional.

A shadow slipped through the window, moving very skillfully, and landed silently. But upon seeing the figure, Lin Tian froze.

Because the person who came in through the window was a woman; her figure revealed it was a woman, with a prominent chest and a slim, graceful waist.

Looking at this curvaceous silhouette, a woman’s image flashed in Lin Tian’s mind. There weren’t many women he knew with such a prominent figure, impressive body, and agile movements.

Lin Tian’s gaze moved to the person’s face, who surprisingly was not wearing a mask, and upon seeing her features, Lin Tian was stunned once again.