Nightfall.

Lin Xuan Qi practiced his Cloud-Stride Steps as usual.

He had to get prepared for his trip to Sima Long's place.

Even though he preferred to stay in the mansion for safety, Lin Xuan Qi knew that it wasn't realistic for him to do so forever.

He couldn't be asking Sima Long's elders to come over to the mansion to meet him.

They would think that he was an uncouth young master, who didn't pay any respect to the elders.

Something that was deeply ingrained in Da Qian.

If he got ambushed by men from Su Chen and Wu Tong, he would at least be able to run back to safety.

With his invincibility in the mansion, he just had to make sure that he reached back to the mansion in time.

Thud.

With every step he took, his figure got faster. And just when you thought that he would be going in a particular direction, his steps took a turn and went the other way.

The Cloud-Stride Step was elusive, effective to help Lin Xuan Qi dodge attacks from others.

Finally, he stopped and gave out a long breath as he tried to cool down.

The bathtub was ready for him as usual.

Xue Cong had helped to fill it up with warm water earlier.

And by now, the temperature would be perfect for him to take a dip inside.

"Ah. This is life."

After Lin Xuan Qi went inside the bathtub, he couldn't help but enjoy the relaxation brought to his muscles by the effects of the warm water.

He laid his head to the back and summoned the system's information panel.

Words appeared in his mind.

[Clan Prosperity System.]

[Current Status: 9 personnel in the clan.]

[Daily Rice Delivery: 90KG.]

[Choose person in mansion to see summary of their day:]

[1. Xue Cong.]

[2. Yue Jie.]

[3. Yue Xin.]

[4. Lee He Song.]

[5. Liu Shi Shi.]

...

Lin Xuan Qi twitched his mouth as he tried to decide whose summary he wanted to go through.

Lee He Song was straightforward with him, and he knew what Lee He Song wanted. And that was for him to take good care of Yue Jie and Yue Xin.

So, he wasn't that interested to see the summary for Lee He Song.

As for Liu Shi Shi, he was intrigued to find out.

She had been rather different to him unlike the others.

Challenging him and yet at the same time sort of marveling at his talents with his poetry.

Without much hesitation, he thought of 'Liu Shi Shi' silently to himself and more words started to appear in his mind.

[Summary of Liu Shi Shi's day.]

[Liu Shi Shi thought about you for about 20 times today.]

[She thought about you when she saw sceneries that would be perfect to write a poem.]

[She was glad to join the mansion to be able to be close to someone like you.]

[It was rather amazing for her that you can do poetry and come up with such excellent teaching material.]

[She felt frustrated with how you weren't willing to share it with the world.]

[Loyalty: 85]

[Affection: 70]

[Respect: 97]

[Gratitude: 99]

Lin Xuan Qi smirked at what he saw in his mind.

This Liu Shi Shi just didn't want to admit that he was great.

Maybe they are all the same in a way, he thought.

Never in his life had he imagined to be surrounded with so many jade beauties.

Life as the head of the Clan might not be that bad after all.

His mind started to drift as he soaked in the warm water.

...

Next day.

Lin Xuan Qi got up early and checked on the lab.

Yawn.

Zhi Yong gave out a yawn and stretched his arms into the air.

As Lin Xuan Qi approached the entrance of the lab, he saw that Zhi Yong had dark rings around his eyes.

He must have been staying up late to guard the lab.

"Zhi Yong, go have some rest first while I finish off the rest of the process." Lin Xuan Qi said and ushered Zhi Yong to go take a nap.

"Master Lin, me strong..." Zhi Yong didn't want to do so as he wanted to show his usefulness. The fear of being driven out still lingered within.

Lin Xuan Qi's expression turned serious, stared at Zhi Yong and said, "That is an order."

Zhi Yong felt Lin Xuan Qi's stare at him, and he instinctively took a step back. He had never seen Lin Xuan Qi with such an expression before.

He scurried to a corner in the lab and pointed at it, "Me, sleep here. Protect Master Lin."

"That's better." Lin Xuan Qi nodded at him and his face turned into his usual relaxed demeanor.

What happened reminded him of the need for clan rules to be established soon.

There weren't many people in the mansion yet and it was still manageable.

However, things might get out of hand when he scaled up the production and recruited more people into the clan.

He checked the wooden barrel next, and he saw that the water from the ashes of the crop stalks had now settled with the sediment settled to the bottom.

He laid out the wooden mold that Old Shao had created.

First, he used a ladle to scoop the oil and poured it into the wooden mold.

Then he scooped the liquid from the water with the ashes and clam powder and poured it into the lard oil.

After which, he pounded some salt he took from the kitchen into finer grains and put them into the lard oil.

This time, he put in petals from the jasmine flowers into the liquid.

Finally, he started stirring the liquid in the mold.

Lin Xuan Qi was glad when he saw the liquid started to change color, and it started the saponification process.

Now, all he had to do was wait for it to harden.

Old Shao had made enough wooden molds for him to produce a few hundred bars of soap for now. Which would be enough for the first batch to be sold to the young mistresses in Hong Feng City.

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