Luo Chen took the box from Tao Yisheng and opened it at once.
Ten mid-grade pills, three high-grade pills, and even a Top-Grade Colorful Chrysanthemum Pill wreathed in six and a half cloud patterns!
Luo Chen was astonished.
"You found every grade?"
Tao Yisheng sat down across from him and poured himself tea as if he were at home.
Rubbing his brow, he said, "They were left behind by the Nanshan Old Ancestor of our Tao Family. He developed the Pill Recipe himself, after all, and even pushed it to top grade. Unfortunately, the ingredients limited its Medicinal Power. It was never close to our sect's Rising Dragon Pill."
"We didn't find them in the family treasury. My sister had to go to the Clan Leader for them."
As he listened, Luo Chen examined the pills in his hand.
His gaze was intensely focused.
These pills bore directly on his future cultivation progress.
He had expected their Medicinal Power to fall short of the Rising Dragon Pill.
What he wanted to know now was whether a higher-grade Colorful Chrysanthemum Pill could surpass an ordinary Rising Dragon Pill.
"That old fellow made no end of demands. He even set conditions for a mere handful of pills."
"And the maddening part is that my sister actually agreed to that so-called marriage alliance..."
"Hmm?"
Luo Chen looked up at Tao Yisheng in shock.
"A marriage alliance? Just for these few pills?"
Realizing he had said too much, Tao Yisheng hurriedly waved his hands.
"It wasn't really about the pills. Tao Daonan just used them as a pretext. What I didn't expect was for my sister to actually agree."
Luo Chen frowned slightly and watched him, waiting for him to continue.
Tao Yisheng sighed and slumped back in his chair.
"The proposed husband is