The Incomplete Jade Pendant, The Missing Information (Seeking Follow-ups, Collections, and Monthly Votes)

"My lord, it's been many days since we last met. I thought you'd left after using me."

As they gradually grew more familiar with each other, what was clearly an ordinary remark somehow became utterly suggestive and provocative when it came from Ya Fei's lips.

Ye Hao was speechless!

What did she mean, using her and then leaving?

Was he that kind of person?

Besides!

He had not even done anything to her yet!

"My lord, what can Ya Fei do for you this time?" Ya Fei asked as she poured him tea.

Ye Hao said, "Didn't you say a few days ago that all the medicinal ingredients for refining Qi Gathering Powder were ready? I happen to have some time recently, so I might as well refine it first."

"Oh, right. Find me a quiet room as well."

Ye Hao added.

"Yes, my lord. Please wait a moment."

As it happened, Uncle Guni had excavated a secret chamber beneath the Miter Auction House.

That was where he usually refined pills.

Outside the underground chamber.

Uncle Guni kept rubbing his hands together and repeatedly signaling Ya Fei with his eyes. He was so anxious that sweat had formed on his forehead.

Ya Fei nodded.

She walked over to Ye Hao's side.

"My lord, Uncle Guni is advanced in years, yet he has been stuck at the second grade for many years. He wishes to observe you refining pills and learn from you. Would that be convenient for you?"

"My lord, rest assured. This lowly one will stand in the corner and guarantee that I will not make a single sound."

Uncle Guni bent at the waist, pleading in a humble tone.

There was none of the pride of Wu Tan City's number one alchemist left in him.

Ye Hao nodded. "Sure!"

"Thank you, my lord. Thank you, my lord."

Uncle Guni was overjoyed. He repeatedly bowed with clasped hands, his face blooming like a withering wild chrysanthemum.

There was absolutely no beauty to it.

Inside the pill-refining room.

Ye Hao laid out all the medicinal ingredients before him.

He was just about to begin.

Only then did he remember that he did not have a pill cauldron.

He was not particularly proficient at using Heavenly Flames to condense a pill cauldron, either.

So.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Hao said:

"Oh, right. Lend me your pill cauldron. The last time I refined a Sect Breaking Pill, the pill succeeded, but the cauldron cracked. I haven't had the chance to replace it yet."

A Sect Breaking Pill was a top-tier pill even among Sixth-grade Pills!

It was said that even Pill King Gu He could not refine one!

Uncle Guni thought to himself, had he saved the Dou Qi Continent in his previous life?

To think that he had encountered a true king of alchemy!

"My lord, the quality of my pill cauldron is not very good. I wonder if it can meet your pill-refining needs." Uncle Guni said, blushing.

"The quality doesn't matter. As long as there's one, it'll do."

Once everything was ready.

Ye Hao closed his eyes, and the method for refining Qi Gathering Powder appeared in his mind like a slideshow!

Uncle Guni's eyes were as wide as lanterns, and he did not dare blink even once.

He was terrified of missing even the slightest detail.

Ye Hao spread open his palm, and azure flames emerged.

In an instant!

The temperature throughout the entire pill-refining room soared abruptly.

It was as though even the air itself was boiling.

Uncle Guni felt the Beast Fire within his body tremble incessantly, as if it had encountered an emperor.

It seemed as though it wanted to flee!

Even his knees felt an uncontrollable urge to buckle and kneel!

He leaned against the wall of the alchemy room.

His face was pale, cold sweat pouring down.

"Could this be... the legendary Heavenly Flames?! What terrifying power!!"

Ye Hao wrapped the medicinal ingredients with Soul Power and sent them into the cauldron.

Following the method for refining Qi Gathering Powder from his memories, he began concocting pills.

He refined over a hundred different medicinal ingredients.

The medicinal liquids condensed, forming pills...

The entire process flowed as smoothly as clouds and water, completed in one go.

It took less than three days.

As a burst of pill fragrance drifted from the cauldron, it signified that the concoction had succeeded!

"Open!"

Ye Hao waved his hand.

"Bang!"

The cauldron lid flew open.

A round, jade-green pill flew out of the cauldron and landed in Ye Hao's palm!

"The quality isn't bad."

Since it was his first time personally refining one, Ye Hao was fairly satisfied.

He then began refining the second pill!

Gu Ni: "The quality of this Top-grade Qi Gathering Powder is merely 'not bad'? This..."

At the side, Gu Ni had long since been dumbfounded!

He had succeeded on the first attempt!!

As far as he knew, even Pill King Gu He could not possibly succeed in refining Qi Gathering Powder on his first attempt!

The key was...

As he observed, Gu Ni discovered that Ye Hao's pill-refining techniques, control over the heat, and use of Soul Power

were all superior to Fama of the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Association and Pill King Gu He!

He had benefited immensely!

Unfortunately, he had rushed in too hastily when he arrived.

He had not brought a pen.

He could only rely on his mind to frantically memorize everything.

Fortunately, there was still the second refinement, which could help deepen his impression.

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed!

Another Qi Gathering Powder emerged from the cauldron!

It was still a Top-grade Qi Gathering Powder!

Gu Ni's understanding of the world was completely overturned at that moment.

He often heard people say that Qi Gathering Powder was extremely difficult to refine!

Its success rate was very low!

Why did it become so effortless in Ye Hao's hands?!

What Gu Ni found most unbelievable was that Ye Hao was only a teenager!

Had he started learning alchemy while still in his mother's womb?

Ye Hao stood up.

He was just about to leave the alchemy room.

Gu Ni, finally coming back to his senses, hurried over and knelt behind Ye Hao.

"M-M-My lord, this lowly one is dull-witted and untalented. Having witnessed your pill refinement today, I have benefited immensely. I hope you will accept me as your disciple and teach me the art of alchemy."

At this moment, Gu Ni had no reservations whatsoever just because Ye Hao was younger than him.

He knelt and kowtowed even faster than middle-aged women rushing to grab discounted goods at a supermarket!

He wanted to improve too badly.

"You're too old, and your talent is too poor. You cannot become my disciple. But I can give you a little guidance."

Ye Hao spoke without turning his head.

"Thank you, my lord, thank you. To receive your guidance is a blessing Guni cultivated for in his past life. Guni is completely satisfied."

Guni trembled with excitement as he repeatedly kowtowed in thanks.

Even after Ye Hao had already left.

In the reception hall.

"Two Qi Gathering Powders?!"

Ya Fei's full red lips parted in astonishment as she looked at Ye Hao.

Two sets of ingredients, two pills!

Hadn't Uncle Guni said that the success rate for Qi Gathering Powder was less than fifty percent?

With these two Qi Gathering Powders, and a little promotion on her part!

She could auction them off for a good price again.

By then, with Ye Hao's support as well.

Those old fossils of the Mite'er Family would have to treat her with the utmost respect!

"Thank you, my lord. Ya Fei has no way to repay you. I can only serve you like an ox or horse and obey your every command."

Trying to eat my grass?

Ye Hao said, "Let's talk business. How did the investigation I asked you to conduct last time go?"

Ya Fei put away her smile and said seriously.

"I used every connection I could in the Mite'er Family to investigate. Ten years ago, an exceptionally fierce battle did indeed take place outside Wu Tan City."

"However, too much time has passed. As for who the two sides were, there are no witnesses left to be found."

At this point, Ya Fei suddenly changed the subject.

"However, someone found a Jade Pendant in the forest where they once fought! I bought it at a high price."

Ya Fei took out a Jade Box from the side.

When she opened it, there was a Jade Pendant shaped like a leaf inside, except it had broken into two halves.

One half of the Jade Pendant was emerald green.

It felt slightly cool to the touch, its color clear and translucent!

It did not seem like something an ordinary family could possess.

Faint traces of energy also seeped out from it.

Clearly, the owner of this Jade Pendant had no ordinary identity.

After examining it carefully, Ye Hao also discovered faint traces of a Soul Power seal remaining on the Jade Pendant.

Something should have been sealed inside.

Or perhaps this Jade Pendant had originally represented some kind of status.

But because it had shattered.

Important information had been lost.