"The Rejuvenation Beauty Pill seems to be pretty effective too. It's been really popular in Oceanport lately—some people who originally ordered the Youth-Preserving Beauty Pill ended up switching to the Rejuvenation Beauty Pill instead."
Queenie Tong spoke on the other end of the phone, sounding pretty casual: "But honestly, I still think your Youth-Preserving Beauty Pill is better."
Rejuvenation Beauty Pill.
Hearing about this product, Evan Lin didn't comment.
He'd heard about the Rejuvenation Beauty Pill before—when Lily Zhong called him, she mentioned it too. Turns out, its impact is bigger than he expected.
Plus, the other side is coming in aggressively—they clearly want to take over the Youth-Preserving Beauty Pill's market.
Evan Lin wasn't bothered by it yet.
First, he has absolute confidence in the Youth-Preserving Beauty Pill. After all, it's his own formula—its value is beyond question.
Second, Evan doesn't really care about this kind of market competition.
As long as the competition is fair, Evan just lets them do their thing. It's not like you can say only officials can set fires, but ordinary people can't light lamps.
Evan Lin wasn't the type to be so domineering.
As long as the other side doesn't deliberately cause trouble or pull any shady moves, Evan can't be bothered to dig into what the Rejuvenation Beauty Pill really is.
After chatting with Queenie Tong for a bit, Yvette Locke quickly picked up the phone next.
Ever since leaving the Locke Clan, Yvette Locke basically stuck close to Queenie Tong and Serena Tong.
When she was younger, this girl was kept hidden away by the Locke Family because of her Fire-Spirit Mortal Body.
Now that she's free, everything feels new to her. In just a short time, her personality has brightened up a lot, her horizons have widened, and she finally acts like a normal girl her age.
Yvette Locke didn't say much on the phone, just kept asking Evan Lin when he'd take her out to have some fun.
Evan simply said they'd set up a time later.
After hanging up, Evan Lin sorted through his thoughts.
Next up is the Moonshade situation. After finishing things in Beijing, Evan is now officially a member of Moonshade, and he's pretty interested in the Mysterious Ruins Yvette Ye mentioned.
Maybe in the Mysterious Ruins, he'll find some clues about cultivators on Earth.
But up to now, Yvette Ye seems to have completely disappeared—she hasn't contacted Evan at all. Nightstar and Moonshade, too, have vanished from his life for now.
For now, all he can do is wait.
Then there's the Upper-Grade Lin Clan. After defeating Blake Lin, this was Evan's first real encounter with them—and as for what happened after, odds are his father is still somewhere inside the clan.
Evan knows he'll have to confront the Upper-Grade Lin Clan one day, to demand justice for all the years Joy Zheng suffered.
After that, there's what he promised Bella Xiao: at New Year's, he'll head to the Oceanport Ancient Tomb. According to Bella, this year the female immortal will marry inside the tomb—maybe Evan can find the person who left a mark on his reincarnation.
All these things flashed through Evan Lin's mind.
Then he remembered the woman in white.
Lily Zhao.
By his rough estimate, it's been hundreds of years since Lily Zhao vanished.
From the Immortal Martial Continent, the Immortal Lord Nine Mysteries rose in the Liuli Palace. His simplest wish was to travel the world, searching for Liuli.
Afterwards, his cultivation soared, attaining the position of Immortal Lord, shaking the Immortal Martial world, even opening the Heavenly Gate, but he never saw Liuli again.
This time, after returning to Earth, clues about Lily Zhao have only increased. Thinking it over, maybe Liuli came to Earth before him?
Whenever he thinks of this, Evan Lin can't help but feel a little melancholic.
These past few days, Autumn Zheng has occasionally invited Evan Lin to eat together. Because of his bet with the Math Department, Evan is now widely known.
"You're in the spotlight at school now, so it'd be best to keep a low profile. Also, can you promise me not to go to Beijing again?"
Autumn Zheng looked at Evan Lin, her face full of earnestness.
"Probably not."
Evan Lin shook his head, refusing decisively.
Hearing this, Autumn Zheng sighed, knowing she couldn't change Evan Lin's mind, so she didn't say anything more.
Meanwhile, Maran Ma stood outside the Zhan Family compound, holding a bouquet of roses, waiting for Tanya Zhan to arrive.
Maran had studied overseas and was the heir of an ancient-martial Ma clan. He looked refined and handsome, but his eyes held a cold arrogance.
He’d carefully arranged a date for Tanya, only for her to ditch him halfway to answer a call from Evan Lin. That humiliation still stung.
Now, Maran was both chasing after Tanya and quietly stewing over that mysterious guy who seemed to have her attention.
His presence hinted at future clashes between Evan Lin, the Zhan Family, and the powerful Ma clan—another layer of hidden-world drama brewing in the Oceanport-Harborview region.
All these threads were converging. Evan Lin was heading to Oceanport to deal with the trouble behind the Rejuvenation Beauty Pill and Lily Zhong’s poisoning.
In the background, Moonshade’s Mysterious Ruins, the Upper-Grade Lin Clan, and the Oceanport Ancient Tomb were looming as the next big trials on his path to reclaim his peak as the Nine Mysteries Immortal Lord.
And somewhere in all this, the mysteries surrounding Lily Zhao and Earth’s cultivation history were waiting for him to unravel.
(End of Chapter)