Hearing Shao Mingyu's words, Lin Ming trembled with excitement.
If Qin Mengyao truly possessed the power of a sacred beast's divine soul, she would be a pillar of the Saint Pill Sect, and the sect's reward for them would be unimaginable.
Even their master was so shocked; one could only imagine how incredible it would be.
"Lin Ming, investigate Qin Mengyao thoroughly these next few days. I need to confirm for the last time what she's hiding within her,"
Shao Mingyu said coldly, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He already had a plan in mind.
Tempted by the prospect of thousands of pills, Wang Dongyu and Diao Zhenyun were completely motivated.
In less than half a day, scrolls of documents were placed before Shao Mingyu.
That night, under the bright moon, Shao Mingyu put down the last scroll beside him and let out a long sigh. " Lin
Ming!"
"Master!" "
Pass on my order: dispatch five second-grade alchemists and three low-grade Xuan weapon masters from within the sect to Beiyun City to assist the Diao and Wang families in refining weapons until...they are completely crushed!"
"Yes!"
Although he didn't understand what his master meant, Lin Ming simply obeyed Shao Mingyu's words.
"Haha...Heaven is helping me, heaven is helping me." After Lin Ming left, Shao Mingyu laughed loudly, "Qin Mengyao is indeed a remarkable person with the bloodline of a sacred beast. This time, she has made a great contribution to the sect. Perhaps I, Shao Mingyu, can become a Earth-grade weapon master." Shao
Mingyu laughed loudly, a crazed expression on his face.
"Grandpa, Mu Yun is very important to Qin Mengyao. We can totally..."
"I naturally understand what you're thinking. But when we drive the Qin and Mu families to the brink of despair, Qin Mengyao will have no choice but to beg me. I want her to enter the Sacred Pill Sect willingly."
A shadow crossed Shao Mingyu's face as he coldly smiled.
Three days later, Mu Yun finally emerged from the alchemy room.
However, his appearance was truly appalling.
Not a single part of him was intact; his hair was disheveled, his clothes tattered, and he was covered in mud.
"Yun'er, are you...are you alright?" Seeing that Mu Yun had been in the room for three days, it looked as if he had been in the mountains for three months, Mu Linchen stared in astonishment.
"Haha..."
Looking at Mu Linchen, Mu Yun just laughed loudly, not answering a word, and left the Mu family home, laughing wildly.
"It's over, it's over, this child has gone mad with alchemy, gone mad!"
Putting down everything he was doing, Mu Linchen hurriedly followed.
In the East Market of Beiyun City, inside the blacksmith shop where Qi Ming's family lived.
Since Qi Ming had recognized Mu Yun as his master, he had moved with his father from the Qin family's West Market to the Mu family's East Market.
Qin Mengyao, Qi Ming, Mo Yang, and others gathered together, their faces filled with worry.
Beside him, Qi Yufeng sat in a wheelchair, his face filled with indignation.
"This is too much! Absolutely too much! The Diao and Wang families are utterly heartless!" Mo Yang couldn't help but curse. "Damn it, they actually invited Shao Ming's grandfather, Shao Mingyu, directly. That old man, a top-grade Xuanqi master, has a huge following within the Saint Pill Sect, recruiting so many alchemists and weapon refiners. He's shameless." "
And the Qi family too. I didn't expect that because I defeated Qi Yun, the Qi family would get involved as well." Qi Ming was also uneasy. "
Most importantly, my grandfather is also preparing to withdraw the Saint Pill Pavilion's manpower. After all, the alchemists and weapon refiners in the Saint Pill Pavilion can't stay and help the Mu family forever."
"What should we do!"
"Sigh..." Qi Yufeng sighed and said, "It's a pity that I'm a cripple now and can't help Instructor Mu."
Qi Yufeng did feel somewhat guilty. After all, Mu Yun helped Qi Ming achieve such great success, and he had no way to repay him.
"Who said you're a cripple!"
As the group talked, a figure emanating a strange odor entered the blacksmith's shop.
"Mu Yun!"
"Master, you've finally arrived!"
"Instructor Mu."
Seeing Mu Yun arrive, a sense of relief appeared on their faces.
At this moment, Mu Yun was their pillar of support.
"Brother Yun, what did you mean by that just now? Have the Spirit Sealing Pill and Spirit Building Pill been successfully refined?" Qin Mengyao stepped forward, asking疑惑地问道.
"Of course, does your man ever fail at refining pills?"
Mu Yun chuckled, opening his palm to reveal two pills of completely different colors.
One was a Spirit Sealing Pill, entirely black.
The other, a Spirit Building Pill, was cyan and emitted a faint fragrance.
"This is a Spirit Sealing Pill!" Mu Yun pointed to the dark red pill and said, "A Spirit Sealing Pill can seal all your meridians. Once you take this pill, all your meridians will be severed, and the feeling will be unbearable..."
"I can endure it!"
Before Mu Yun could finish speaking, Qi Yufeng interrupted, "I'm tired of living in a wheelchair for over ten years."
"Very good. This one is a Spirit Building Pill, which will rebuild all your meridians, and..." At this point, Mu Yun stopped speaking.
"And what, Instructor Mu?" "
It's a secret. Qi Ming, take your father to take these two pills first. After a while, you will naturally understand. You can also tell me what has happened in the past few days."
"Yes, Master."
Watching Qi Ming push Qi Yufeng through the door, Mu Yun smiled slightly.
"In the past few days, the Qi family..."
"Ah..."
Mo Yang had just started to speak when a scream suddenly rang out from inside the blacksmith shop, startling the entire neighborhood.
"Hmm, continue."
"Um, Master, are you sure it's okay?"
"Why don't you try it?" Mu Yun teased.
"No need, no need!" Waving his hands repeatedly, Mo Yang said, embarrassed, "The Qi family has recently joined forces with the Diao and Wang families, and it's said that Shao Ming's grandfather..."
"Ah..."
"..."
"Shao Mingyu, along with several alchemists and weapon refiners, is helping the Diao and Wang families..."
"Ah..."
"Recently, the Wang and Diao families have taken out hundreds of first- and second-grade pills, and it's said they'll auction off third-grade pills, as well as many ordinary artifacts, and even some profound artifacts, for sale..."
"Ah..."
Mo Yang recounted the story word by word, accompanied by Qi Yufeng's screams.
Finally, Qi Yufeng's screams stopped, and Mo Yang finished speaking.
"I see! Shao Mingyu, the Qi family, interesting..."
With a creak, the door to the inner room of the blacksmith shop opened, and a figure slowly walked out.
Mo Yang didn't even look up, swallowing a mouthful of water as he complained, "Qi Ming, how's your dad? That scream just now almost shattered my eardrums."
"Hehe... Thank you for your concern, Brother Mo. He's all better now!"
*Pfft*...
Hearing this, Mo Yang, who hadn't even had time to swallow his water, spat it out again.
"Uncle Qi... you... you're standing up?"
He jumped up from his seat, staring blankly at Qi Yufeng.
"Thank you, Instructor Mu!"
Qi Yufeng said, about to kneel.
"Get up, get up!" Mu Yun pulled Qi Yufeng up, smiling slightly. "I saved you for three reasons: first, you're the father of my precious disciple; second, a weapon refiner with your talent is truly rare; after more than a decade of being buried, I want to see just how much potential you still have; and third, hehe… I hope you'll join the Mu family…"
"I'm willing to join the Mu family!"
"I haven't finished yet!" Mu Yun chuckled. "Join the Mu family, become a guest elder, and the Mu family will give you the salary a Xuan weapon master should receive. Moreover, I'm willing to teach you all sorts of Xuan weapon refining methods!"
"This… Master, this isn't just recruiting an elder, it's practically…"
Not only will you receive the salary a Xuan weapon master should receive, but you'll also provide weapon refining methods. This is even more charitable than the Northern Cloud Academy!
"You talk too much nonsense, shut up!"
"Thank you, Master."
Upon hearing this, Qi Ming knelt on the ground with a thud and
kowtowed three times.
These three kowtows were well deserved.
"Alright, enough with the nonsense. This time, with Shao Mingyu's help, the Diao and Wang families should reciprocate in kind!"
"What kind of reciprocation?"
"Hehe... what kind of reciprocation? Aren't they selling pills? I want to see if the pills are more expensive or the pill formulas are more expensive."
"Huh?" Mo Yang's eyes widened. "Master, you're not going to sell pill formulas, are you?"
"Why not!"
Mu Yun laughed. "A single pill formula is worth more than a hundred pills. I don't believe Shao Mingyu can produce many pills."
"But a single pill formula is too precious. If I were to produce it..."
"You brat, your master's mind is full of pill formulas. Are you afraid your master will run out of ideas?" Mu Yun patted Miao Xianyu's head and laughed.
"Let's go, let's give them a surprise."
The next day, early in the morning, just as Shao Mingyu got up, a series of urgent knocks sounded at the door.
"Master, it's terrible! Mu Yun has actually put three pill formulas up for auction—one grade one, one grade two, and one grade three!"
"Oh? Just three formulas? What's so surprising?" Shao Mingyu waved his hand impatiently.
"But these three formulas have brought the Mu family a considerable amount of spirit stones. I'm afraid…"
"Three formulas alone won't affect the overall situation. I don't believe that a thousand spirit pills can't bring down the Mu family.
" "Grandpa, Grandpa, it's terrible!"
Seeing Shao Mingyu rushing over, Shao Mingyu asked impatiently, "What is it now?"
"That Mu Yun… Mu Yun has announced that he'll be auctioning ten pill formulas tomorrow, and all ten are grade two!"
Grade two formulas!
Shao Mingyu was stunned.
Grade two formulas—the entire Diao family probably couldn't even produce ten grade two formulas. Where did Mu Yun get so many pill formulas?
"Damn it!"
Shao Mingyu's anger surged. This Mu Yun was truly a thorn in his side.
"I'll have to see him!"
That day, the Saint Pill Pavilion was bustling with people.
Yesterday, the three pill formulas that Mu Yun had presented had been appraised by the Saint Pill Pavilion and deemed effective.
Today, the Mu family was going to auction off ten second-grade pill formulas, and the entire Beiyun City was already in an uproar.
"Hehe... Master, you don't know, yesterday that third-grade pill formula was actually bought by a third-grade alchemist hired by that old bastard Shao Mingyu for 900,000 low-grade spirit stones."
900,000 low-grade spirit stones was enough for the entire Mu family's net income for a year.
"Don't worry, today, there's even more to see!" Mu Yun chuckled, a mysterious smile on his face.