"After I emerged from seclusion, I heard that, during this time, Alchemist Yang had been spending one day refining pills for every day off. You have worked far harder than I have in pill refinement!"
Bai Keyi smiled as well upon hearing this.
After emerging from seclusion, he had also learned that Yang Chan had previously agreed to refine pills for the Supreme Elders and others. However, Bai Keyi had been in seclusion, while Yang Chan had needed to act as steward of the Pill Pavilion. On top of that, Jing Zhongsi, Ji Yu, and other Top Alchemists had made petty moves at the start, leaving Yang Chan with no time to refine pills.
As far as he knew, Yang Chan had spent that period constantly handling the Pill Pavilion's affairs.
It was not that nothing had happened; rather, Yang Chan had resolved everything in time and kept matters from escalating.
Jing Zhongsi had continued making moves as well, draining a great deal of Yang Chan's energy. He had even openly declared that he would take action.
It was precisely because of this that the Top Alchemists of the Pill Pavilion had become somewhat more restrained.
Afterward, once the Pill Pavilion's affairs had stabilized, Yang Chan began relaxing his management over them. Instead of handling matters every day, he handled them every other day. During that time, he returned to Yuanqing Courtyard to refine pills.
It was also during this period that Yang Chan completed the reserved pill orders he had promised to those Supreme Elders and others.
Bai Keyi felt somewhat moved when he learned of it.
Refining pills amid such busyness was somewhat like his younger self, when he had also been constantly improving his pill-refining abilities.
However, after his progress in pill refinement had slowed considerably, he