I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 284 - 282: Furnace Vessel

Li Xing looked at Chu Yunyi across the table, her brows slightly furrowed: "The color of this outfit really doesn’t suit you."

Chu Yunyi loosened his collar, revealing a tired, slight smile: "Really? What a shame, I thought I was versatile."

Li Xing wanted to laugh, but the corners of her mouth curved before flattening back.

"Why did you come?"

Chu Yunyi had a faint vertical crease between his brows, adding a brooding quality to his handsome face, giving Li Xing an urge to reach out and smooth it.

"With me here, no one dares to bully you."

Although Li Xing was always independent, it didn’t mean she wasn’t moved when someone was willing to sacrifice for her.

The thing Chu Yunyi should be doing most now is enjoying his remaining days, yet he joined the army he disliked most for her, dealing with people he absolutely loathed.

This mess left him with little time for himself, and perhaps he wouldn’t even have a chance to truly see the world.

Recalling that day in the tea room, Chu Yunyi’s eyes gazing longingly at the distant sunset, Li Xing felt a pang in her heart.

"Even if you’re not here, I won’t let them bully me."

Chu Yunyi smiled: "Hmm, I knew that in the interrogation room."

Li Xing hadn’t suffered; he was pleased. His only regret was if he had arrived a bit later, she could have vented her anger on Sun Wei.

"Is it a wasted trip then, any regrets?"

"No regrets," Chu Yunyi replied flatly, "The Second Army blocked information, and you didn’t request a meeting. If I hadn’t come, naturally, I wouldn’t have known you’re alright. Instead of worrying and imagining all sorts of things, it’s better to be by your side."

"Besides that, infiltrating the Second Army also serves another purpose — to prevent certain people from destroying evidence beneficial to you."

Li Xing: "You didn’t have to go as far as becoming a commander!"

Chu Yunyi’s expression showed a moment of embarrassment.

"This — was actually an accident. Only after arriving did I discover that your case is high-level; any decision related to it requires a commander’s direct order to execute. For reasons unknown, Jiang Yishan harbors significant hostility towards you, doing plenty of underhanded things in private. I couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, so I kicked him out and took over. Being a commander, it’s not something I haven’t done, it’s not hard."

Li Xing widened her eyes: "What? You’ve been a commander before?"

"Commander of the Freedom Army, none other than me."

Li Xing: ...

It’s confirmed, Chu Yunyi’s early death in his prime wasn’t only due to the world’s rejection of the Innate Holy Body, but partly due to his own intrinsic competitiveness.

Li Xing’s face hardened: "Have you forgotten your current condition? If you keep overexerting yourself, you might not live for six more months."

"Relax, I’ve already started grooming a successor. Once your case is concluded, I will pass on the authority and then do what I want." He hopes there’s still a chance to enter the Heaven-Reaching Tower and redeem Ning Yu.

For some reason, hearing Chu Yunyi speak so calmly about his aftermath, Li Xing felt a sharp tug in her heart and she lowered her eyes to sip her hot tea.

Chu Yunyi didn’t notice Li Xing’s oddity, he asked: "Ah Xing, there are no monitoring devices here, can you tell me what happened that day?"

Li Xing pointed at her wrist, Chu Yunyi immediately understood, took off the light brain and put it into the space button, then powered down the room’s ordering system and added an anti-surveillance barrier.

With 100% protection from surveillance ensured, Li Xing relaxed and detailed the events that occurred after encountering Xue Han and Lin Yin to Chu Yunyi.

After listening, the creases on Chu Yunyi’s brows deepened.

"No wonder you won’t even see Qingtian and the others."

It turns out that even if the host subjectively doesn’t want to leak information, Mingzhen can obtain intelligence through special means.

Although Chu Yunyi was shocked by Mingzhen’s crazed actions, given his understanding of the cult, it wasn’t surprising that this "person" did such things.

"I shouldn’t have asked you," Chu Yunyi regretted, he too is part of the high-risk group parasitized by insect eggs; maybe Mingzhen is watching his conversation with Li Xing through his eyes right now.

If Mingzhen finds out his biggest secret has already been discovered by Li Xing, her situation could become even more perilous.

Li Xing looked seriously into Chu Yunyi’s eyes and said: "No, you’re different from others. If there’s anyone left in this world I can trust, you’re one of them."

Chu Yunyi was puzzled: "Why?"

"Because you are the perfect vessel chosen by Mingzhen, before he enjoys it, he absolutely won’t allow anything else to touch you, not even his own progeny."

"You mean Mingzhen intends to parasitize into my body?" Chu Yunyi thought for a moment, and shook his head saying: "I think Mingzhen might already know I won’t live much longer, he wouldn’t choose a dying person to parasitize."

Li Xing placed both hands on the table, her body leaned forward, her obsidian eyes resembling glass, clearly reflecting the figures.

"Mingzhen’s parasitism and the Three-Eyed Insect’s mechanism are entirely different. To be blunt, he only needs a good shell, whether the host is alive or not is irrelevant to him, if dead, perhaps it’s easier to control."

Li Xing continued: "Xue Han didn’t have time to reveal whose shell Mingzhen is using now, but it’s certain that over the years, that monster constantly changes identities by parasitizing and none of them are ordinary. This is also why he managed to widely spread insect eggs."

Chu Yunyi nodded, if Mingzhen’s shell is the director of the medical department or the director of the food department, then a simple decision can allow the insect eggs to blend into the medicine, nutrient solution, infect countless people.

Li Xing: "Your body, in the cultivation world, is known as the Innate Holy Body, the rarest and most suitable for cultivation into immortality. Even the heavens are jealous to the point of using Heavenly Thunder to strike. The reason you survived and grew up to adulthood is thanks to the Qianyuan Continent being a fragment of the world."

"Mingzhen’s true form belongs to the Insect Clan, he must have a special way to sense the uniqueness of your body and already succeeded. Because from what I heard from Xue Han, Mingzhen has long set his sights on you, the reason he hasn’t acted is waiting for the optimal moment for parasitism."

Chu Yunyi suddenly recalled that severe injury in childhood, when he was fainting, he vaguely felt a cold hand gripping his chin, examining him like inspecting goods.

Chu Yunyi’s pupils shrank indiscernibly, it seems the person who ambushed him back then was Mingzhen. The only reason for leaving him alive was his Innate Holy Body!

Li Xing didn’t notice Chu Yunyi’s anomaly and continued: "The shells Mingzhen used are just clothes to him, when worn enough he changes to another, anyway, the Qianyuan Continent is never short of people. But you’re different, you are a furnace a hundred times more valuable than a shell, parasitized into your body, with the nourishment of Innate Holy Body’s flesh and blood, Mingzhen’s strength will significantly increase."

"He’s determined to have you, but misfortune is sometimes accompanied by blessings, although your situation is dangerous, you don’t need to worry about the Three-Eyed Insect anymore. That’s why I dared to share the secret with you."

Chu Yunyi finished listening and gave Li Xing a deep look, he truly was curious, how she knew so much at such a young age.