The four jade bottles were different colors.
Luo Chen knew the two largest ones well. Made entirely of glazed jade, they were clear and transparent, with wisps of golden mist swirling inside. They were Glazed Jade Soul Bottles, made especially in the Northern Sea to preserve Soul Essence.
The Soul Essence Nether Fire Old Freak had traded to Luo Chen before had also come in bottles like these.
Clearly, this was the payment Fu Chaosheng had promised him as part of their agreement.
They had agreed, however, that the remaining two bottles would be delivered after the job was done.
Yet the moment they arrived in Central Province, Fu Chaosheng had taken them out without hesitation.
Luo Chen felt a flicker of delight, but his brow furrowed.
"The job isn't done yet. Fellow Daoist Fu, are you really comfortable paying me in advance?"
Fu Chaosheng looked solemn. "Why wouldn't I be? Will you leave without a word and break your promise? Or will you show up but put in no effort, doing a perfunctory job?"
Luo Chen was speechless.
He really was not that sort of person.
Fu Chaosheng was an excellent judge of character!
In that case, he could accept them without hesitation!
Refining Great Soul Pills was far harder than refining Grand Origin Pills. Even with the system's guaranteed proficiency gains, progress was still slow.
Luo Chen estimated that the bottle he already had would run out in a few years.
With these two bottles to replenish his supply, he had nothing to worry about. He could refine pills freely, improve his proficiency with Great Soul Pills, and strive to take higher-grade ones sooner.
Then he looked at the other two jade bottles in puzzlement.
Those bottles were very different colors too.
One was pure white; the other,