The day after Wang Jian had thoroughly conquered the three Crimson Pill Sect beauties – Qiu Yun, Su Ning, and Bai Xue – and branded them as his own, a new, intense routine settled over Liu Ruyan's secluded manor.
With the Grand Alchemy Competition looming just three months away, Liu Ruyan threw herself into her training with a desperate, focused energy. Her private alchemy chamber became her world.
Wang Jian, never one to miss an opportunity, saw this as the perfect chance to kill two birds with one stone: absorb the core alchemical knowledge of the Crimson Pill Sect, and keep his newest primary tool, Liu Ruyan, sharp and motivated (and thoroughly under his thumb).
He proposed they "exchange insights."
"You teach me your sect's methods, Ruyan," he suggested casually one morning, as she prepared her cauldron. "And perhaps my... different perspective might offer you some new angles for the competition."
