Lu Yuan did not have much to do.
In summary, there were only two things.
First, discuss the current outcome with Zhu Kun.
Second, bring back the collected materials.
Both tasks looked difficult but were actually not difficult at all. Of course, there was still a distinction between what was urgent and what was not.
The first matter was the most urgent.
The second was not urgent at all.
It was not that he was neglecting Yao Lao. Rather, Lu Yuan had already gathered the several hardest materials to obtain, while the remaining materials were still being slowly collected by Starfall Pavilion. Starfall Pavilion did not know his progress, and likewise, he did not know Starfall Pavilion's progress. Therefore, the prerequisite for bringing the materials back was to bring all of them back at once. He could not possibly carry some materials back in batches, then return here to collect medicine from Starfall Pavilion, then go back again to deliver it to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao for them to try refining pills...
Going back and forth like that was far too inconvenient!
And the urgency of the first matter was not some lie Lu Yuan had casually made up. Zhu Kun had always been the sort to charge ahead stubbornly to the bitter end. This could be seen from how he had been trapped before Tuo She Ancient Emperor's Cave Abode. After all, anyone with a more normal mind, upon realizing they could not force their way through, would not risk their life trying to break in. Yet he had relied on his thick skin to force his way in, only to get trapped and end up unable to advance or retreat. Honestly, it was Lu Yuan's first time seeing something like that.
Since he knew Zhu Kun's personality,