The Medicinal Herbs in the Alchemy Pavilion were decreasing day by day, especially the Materials for the essential Medicinal Pills for the Lunhai Realm, such as the Spirit Gathering Pill, Fusion Spirit Pill, Transformation Spirit Pill, and Earth Spirit Pill; these four types of Materials were running out very quickly.
With the Medicinal Herbs running low, the Disciple guarding the Materials Pavilion had to report the matter to the person in charge of the Alchemy Pavilion, Elder Yun Xiao.
Elder Yun Xiao was a middle-aged man who looked quite refined, giving off the impression of a scholar. He was currently in the Medicinal Pill storage room, checking the recent inventory of Medicinal Pills.
"The production of Medicinal Pills these past few days is quite good, isn't it? In just four or five days, why does it feel higher than the production of the past few months? Could it be that all the Disciples in the Alchemy Pavilion are stepping up their Alchemy?" Yun Xiao asked, looking at the bottles and jars before him.
After saying this, he picked up a large Medicinal Pill bottle from the table, labeled with the words "Spirit Gathering Pill," with some confusion.
This Medicinal Pill bottle was interesting; it was several times larger than others, probably capable of holding over a hundred Spirit Gathering Pills. It was hard for it not to attract Yun Xiao's attention.
Curious, Yun Xiao opened the bottle to take a look. It was fine until he did; the sight gave him a start.
"Eh? This Medicinal Pill?" Yun Xiao hurriedly used his magical power to draw out a Spirit Gathering Pill from the bottle and placed it in his palm to examine it closely.
The Disciple guarding the storage room nearby saw the sudden serious expression on Yun Xiao's face and immediately became nervous.
"This? Master, is there a problem with this Medicinal Pill?" the Disciple asked.
Yun Xiao did not answer immediately, but instead looked at the Medicinal Pill with a look of astonishment, because it was radiating a very rich pill luster; even he could not refine a Spirit Gathering Pill of such high quality.
"Who refined this Medicinal Pill?" Yun Xiao asked with great curiosity.
The Disciple shook his head. He was only responsible for inspecting the Medicinal Pills sent over from the mission desk, so he certainly didn't know which specific Alchemy room they came from, but there had indeed been several strange Medicinal Pill bottles these past few days.
Every time these bottles were sent over, they were large bottles containing one hundred Medicinal Pills. He had been puzzled when he received them—who would use such a large bottle to store Medicinal Pills, and specifically refine one hundred of them before sending them over?
Seeing that the other person didn't know, Yun Xiao picked up the other large bottles and checked the Medicinal Pills inside. The more he looked, the more shocked he became; there were six large bottles in total, each containing one hundred Medicinal Pills.
Inside were White-Grade Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pills, White-Grade Medium Grade Fusion Spirit Pills, White-Grade High Grade Transformation Spirit Pills, White-Grade Top-Grade Earth Spirit Pills, as well as the healing White-Grade Low Grade Hemostatic Pills and White-Grade Medium Grade Blood-Activating Pills. There were six large porcelain bottles in total, containing over six hundred Medicinal Pills.
Furthermore, the quality of these Medicinal Pills was very high, clearly the work of one Alchemist. What Yun Xiao cared about was not the pills themselves, but their high quality; the luster of these pills was the best among all similar Medicinal Pills he had ever seen.
Yun Xiao was just about to go to the mission distribution desk to ask; the Disciple receiving the Medicinal Pills there must know. However, before he could walk out of the storage room, a Disciple walked over.
"Master, the conventional Materials in the Materials storage room are bottoming out. We need to replenish them; otherwise, at most in three days—after three days—they will be gone," the Disciple said respectfully.
This puzzled Yun Xiao again. Their Materials storage room had only gone to Yunhai City to purchase supplies a week ago; it should have been enough for three months. Even if all the Disciples in the Alchemy Pavilion were practicing Alchemy these past few days, it should still last for another month. Yet, the current situation was that they were running out in less than a week.
"That's impossible, right? These Materials were purchased a week ago; how could they be used up? Did you see wrong?" Yun Xiao looked puzzled.
"Master, they are really about to run out. If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself," the Disciple said, looking very fearful.
He was afraid that Yun Xiao would accuse him of lining his own pockets.
Yun Xiao thought for a moment, then hurriedly went to the Medicinal Herbs storage room. After entering, the Disciple immediately led Yun Xiao to the storage compartment for the Materials used to refine the essential Medicinal Pills for Cultivators. Yun Xiao opened the drawer and saw that indeed, only a few days' worth remained.
The other drawers were the same, because the Medicinal Herbs inside were all for refining conventional Medicinal Pills, and the daily consumption was not small.
"Consumed this much? What on earth is going on?" Yun Xiao checked other drawers where Medicinal Herbs were stored.
The result was that all conventional Medicinal Herbs were abnormally low, or rather, the rate of consumption was extremely abnormal.
"This? Master, I did discover a very unusual situation, but I don't know if I should speak of it," the Disciple who distributed the Medicinal Herbs said.
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiao immediately told him to explain in detail.
"Go ahead, what exactly is going on?" Yun Xiao signaled.
Having received Yun Xiao's order, the Disciple then explained in detail.
"During this time, I discovered that a Junior Sister frequently comes to me to collect Medicinal Herbs, and the amount each time is not small. Sometimes she comes twice a day, sometimes once a day. At first, I didn't think much of it, but looking at it now, the massive decrease in conventional Medicinal Herbs must be related to this Junior Sister," the Disciple explained.
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiao hurriedly signaled the Disciple who distributed the Materials to accompany him to the mission distribution desk.
Upon checking, they found Ye Liuyun.
"Ye Liuyu? You mean, the one accepting a large number of missions is the older sister of Junior Niece Ao Xue, the girl who used Medicinal Pills in public on the Training Grounds last time?" Yun Xiao was very surprised after realizing who it was.
"Master, it is her. This Junior Sister Ye has a very fast Alchemy speed. To be honest, this Disciple also cannot understand how she refines the Medicinal Pills. She used to come a few times a month, but now it's twice a day. Each time, the mission volume is very large, but she completes the missions perfectly every time. In these few days, she alone has completed the monthly workload of dozens of people," the mission-distributing Disciple explained.
After listening, Yun Xiao was shocked. He finally understood; the person using the extra-large Medicinal Pill bottles to store the pills was this Ye Liuyu.
"Interesting. This Little Girl has been hiding quite deep, hasn't she? To think she is actually an Alchemy Genius? Since such a strange thing was discovered, why didn't you tell your Master earlier?" Yun Xiao asked, suddenly in a rage.
However, the mission-distributing Disciple felt very wronged.
"Master, I already reported it to the Senior Sister long ago. Did the Senior Sister not tell you?" the Disciple hurriedly asked.
Yun Xiao was stunned again. Such an important matter, and his eldest Disciple hadn't told him; this was very strange. He felt there might be some secret hidden within it.
As for Ye Liuyun, she was still focused on Alchemy, but she knew that it wouldn't be long before Yun Xiao would come looking for her.
Yun Xiao first went to call Nalan Yan over.
After Nalan Yan learned that her Master was asking about Ye Liuyun, she didn't hide it anymore and told Yun Xiao about Ye Liuyun's extraordinary Alchemy talent.
Nalan Yan felt that such matters were not suitable for everyone to know. If Ye Liuyun really was an Alchemy Genius, then their Yunxia Sect should try to avoid letting this matter spread.
"So that's it. In other words, you only knew that this Little Girl had extraordinary Alchemy skills, but you were not clear about the specific details?" Yun Xiao asked.
"Yes, Master. Actually, the Sect Master should already know, but it is strange; she also hasn't asked about this matter," Nalan Yan added.
Yun Xiao was not an idiot; after thinking about it carefully, he understood what Yun Yun's attitude was.