Chapter 55
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“Very well!”
Ye Wushuang nodded. He indeed had over twenty thousand taels of gold on him, but if he spent it all on a pill cauldron, where would he get the money to buy medicinal herbs? Now that he had reached the fifth level of the Physical Refining Realm, he needed herbs to aid his cultivation. He also needed to refine some foundational pills for his younger sister, Ye Feifei, to lay the groundwork for her cultivation. Additionally, there were his uncle’s leg injury and his mother’s weakened vital energy from years of toil—all of these required medicinal pills.
Xia Yusan led Ye Wushuang and Xu Qiuyuan to the back of the Qing Yun Pavilion, where a series of luxurious pill rooms were built. Upon entering one of the pill rooms, they saw a pill cauldron standing more than a man’s height, its body a rich bronze color with intricate carvings of dragon-like figures coiling around it.
Ye Wushuang walked up to the cauldron, gently running his hand over it, and said, “A first-grade spiritual artifact!”
“Exactly!”
Xia Yusan replied directly, “If Master Ye is a pill master, you may use this first-grade spiritual artifact, the Dragon Cauldron, for free. And as I mentioned earlier, there is no obligation for you to sell the pills you refine through our Qing Yun Pavilion.”
“For instance, if Master Ye uses our Qing Yun Pavilion’s pill cauldron to refine ten pills, you may choose to sell one or all of them—it’s entirely up to you. It’s not a strict rule.”
Ye Wushuang nodded in understanding. Xu Qiuyuan, standing by, also realized that the Qing Yun Pavilion was using the free use of pill cauldrons as a way to leave a good impression on pill masters. It was indeed a clever business move.
“What kind of medicinal herbs does Master Ye need?”
Ye Wushuang took out several lists from his pocket and said, “I need three portions of each of these herbs. It shouldn’t be too difficult to gather them.”
Xia Yusan took the lists and smiled, “Very well, I will have someone prepare them right away and send them over shortly.”
“Thank you.”
As Xia Yusan left the pill room, Ye Wushuang and Xu Qiuyuan waited. Xu Qiuyuan joked, “Master Ye, if you like it, I’ll buy it for you as a gift!”
Hearing this, Ye Wushuang glanced at Xu Qiuyuan, who quickly added, “Alright, alright, I get it. I won’t say it again.”
Ye Wushuang then said, “In return for your help just now, you may ask me three questions.”
“Really?”
“Indeed.”
Xu Qiuyuan immediately began to ask his questions.
Meanwhile, as Xia Yusan left the pill room, she ran into a middle-aged man dressed in a pill robe, with his long hair tied up and slight graying temples. Seeing her excited demeanor, he smiled and asked, “Yusan, what are you up to?”
“Father!”
Xia Yusan recognized the man and said, “I’ve discovered a pill master!”
A pill master?
The initial level of pill masters is the Ordinary Pill Master, who refines ordinary pills suitable for warriors at the Physical Refining Realm. Once they reach the Spiritual Pill Master level, they can refine spiritual pills, which are suitable for Pulse-Condensing Realm powerhouses.
The man before her was none other than the head of the Qing Yun Pavilion, Xia Lei, who was also a first-grade spiritual pill master. His reputation in Liu Yue City was as high as that of Mo Chuan.
“Who is it?”
“Ye Wushuang from the Ye family!”
Upon hearing this name, Xia Lei was taken aback.
“Yusan, what are you talking about? Ye Wushuang? The one who has been making headlines these past few days? He’s a pill master? He couldn’t even enter the cultivation path after three years of martial practice, and now, after some unknown stroke of luck, he’s reached the fifth level of the Physical Refining Realm. How could he possibly be a pill master?”
Seeing her father’s astonished look, Xia Yusan came forward, linked her arm with his, and laughed, “Father, your thinking is too rigid. Everything Ye Wushuang has done these past few days—hasn’t it all been astonishing?”
She then recounted her encounter with Ye Wushuang and continued, “If he doesn’t know how to refine pills, we won’t lose anything by selling him these herbs. But if he does know how to refine pills, then we’ve made a valuable connection with a pill master!”
For a medicinal pill trading hall, making a connection with a pill master was immensely beneficial!
Especially in Liu Yue City, where spiritual pill masters were incredibly rare and highly esteemed, and even ordinary pill masters held significant status and position.
Upon hearing this, Xia Lei nodded in agreement, “I’d like to see whether this young man is bluffing or truly capable of refining pills.”
