Chapter 69: Mother and Son Quarrel

Ji Youran stared at the small stove in front of him, his hands shaking uncontrollably as he emptied a pile of dregs from it.

"This is the last batch of medicinal ingredients. Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

Madame Ji stood by, looking at the dregs that should have been successfully refined medicine. How her heart ached for the wastage!

This second son of hers, with his dreadful 'Lacking Nine Lives' affliction, meant everything he did required the effort of nine oxen and two tigers. It would be one thing if he could actually succeed after putting in such a Herculean effort. But more often than not, even exhausting the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, he still wouldn't necessarily succeed!

"Mom! This... you can't blame me for not being able to refine this medicine! If you want to blame someone, blame my unlucky birth hour, for being born 'Lacking Nine Lives'!"