Chen Huo relaxed when he saw that Gu He treated him just as he always had, without any change. Jokingly, he said, "I can see you're already an important figure in the Pill Tower, so of course I had to build a good relationship with you in advance. That way, you can look after me more in the future."
"Look after you? Sure! How about I give you the ingredients for ten thousand batches of aphrodisiacs, and you refine them all within one month?" Gu He walked over to the Medicine Cauldron and turned back with a smile.
Even though Chen Huo knew Gu He was joking, he still shuddered violently.
Refining low-grade pills was already physical labor for alchemists like them, let alone refining such disgraceful things as aphrodisiacs. If Gu He really made him refine those, Chen Huo felt that he would have to trick Gu He into taking them to vent his hatred.
"Where's the pill you refined? Let me see it." Jokes aside, Chen Huo was still extremely curious about Gu He's pill.
Originally, he had assumed that Senior Yao Kongzi had been the one to refine the pill. He had planned to wait until Senior Yao Kongzi left, then ask Gu He to describe the pill's fragrance and the various properties that could only be discerned through close examination, since he was not familiar with Senior Yao Kongzi. But now that he knew the pill that had drawn Seven-colored Pill Lightning was refined by Gu He, he did not hesitate to ask to borrow it for a look. Observing a high-grade pill up close could broaden his knowledge, and alchemy improved naturally at some unknown point through this continual accumulation.
Gu He did not refuse Chen Huo's request. With a flick of his right hand