"Ning, dear, the python robe is altered. Try it and see whether it fits."

"So soon?"

Ning Chen went into the inner room and put the python robe on.

After Yudie's work on it, the robe fit perfectly.

Ning Chen pulled her into his arms and bit lightly at her red lips.

Zisu's small face reddened and she turned her head away.

Ning Chen glanced at her, thinking, what is there to be shy about? Back in Mangzhou, treating me, you were bold enough.

Then something seemed to occur to Zisu. She asked, "Have you been taking Nine Yang Decoction for Nourishing the Source all this while?"

"Mm?" Ning Chen looked at her, not following. "What Nine Yang Decoction for Nourishing the Source?"

Zisu said, "The medicinal broth you have been drinking."

"Ning, dear, it's the Beauty's Delight you told me about... Sister Zisu says it's some Nine Yang Decoction for Nourishing the Source."

Ning Chen gave a flat oh and looked at Zisu. "What is it? Is there something wrong with the medicine?"

"There is nothing wrong with the medicine. I have looked at the prescription you gave Zhirou. It isn't complete — it's only half a sheet... This Nine Yang Decoction for Nourishing the Source nourishes the vital energy in its first half and strengthens the body in its second."

"What effect has it had on you, drinking it?"

Ning Chen said with a smile, "A very plain effect. Blood and breath in full supply, spirit and vigor high, lively as a dragon and a tiger... I used to manage once in a night. Now I can go all night at one stretch and not feel tired."

Zisu's pretty face flushed a little. "Then that half sheet is certainly the first half of the Nine Yang Decoction for Nourishing the Source."

Ning Chen asked, curious, "And if the prescription were complete, would the effect be better still?"

Zisu nodded. "Do you know of Lingxuzi?"

Ning Chen was curious. "What is a Lingxuzi?"

Zisu had nothing to say to that. "A man. An elder of the Daoist school with…