Eating pills as snacks

Of course, how could Taishang Laojun's Eight Trigrams Furnace not be special?

Qian Ye thought this way, but he wouldn't say it, "Well, my alchemy furnace is one of a kind in the world. If it's not special, then who is?"

"Alright!" Elder Qing wasn't entirely satisfied with his answer, but he didn't ask any further questions.

As adults, those who know, know.

He could have said it already; he would have said it already.

I don't want to talk about it, and asking won't help.

Qian Ye smiled without saying a word and continued refining the elixir.

Elder Qing didn't ask any further questions and continued watching him refine pills. He was happy, for he had now gained Qian Ye's support and was also an alchemist. How could he not be happy?

I wonder what level of alchemist Brother Ye is?

Elder Qing's gaze towards Qian Ye now shone brightly.

I'm even more curious about Qian Ye's true origins.

Zi Yan simply rested her chin on her hand, gazing at the alchemy furnace, without saying a word.

For her, the current goal was simply to see if Qian Ye could successfully refine the pills and whether they would taste good.

Don't assume she likes eating medicinal herbs; she only eats them to help herself grow up.

Bang bang bang~

After an unknown amount of time, strange noises emanated from the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

The sound made Zi Yan and Elder Qing prick up their ears to listen.

Although neither of them were alchemists and knew how to refine pills, they still understood that the sounds coming from the furnace were the sounds of pills being refined.

"Alright." Qian Ye smiled slightly, put away the Heavenly Flames, opened the lid of the pill, and thirty pills emerged from it.

Qian Ye immediately took out three bottles, each containing ten pills, and held them in his hand.

"Give me the pills?" Zi Yan reached out to take the pill bottle from Qian Ye's hand.

But the bottle was in Qian Ye's hands; it wasn't something she could just get her hands on whenever she wanted.

"What do you mean?" Zi Yan's expression changed, and anger flashed in her eyes. She suspected that Qian Ye wanted to keep the pill for himself, and she was very angry. Her fists were clenched so tightly that they made a "crackling" sound.

Qian Ye smiled and said, "Little girl, don't be afraid, I won't take your pills."

"Here you go." He immediately handed her a bottle of pills.

He gave the other bottle to Elder Qing: "Qing, this is for you."

"Thank you, Brother Ye." Elder Qing smiled happily, her face beaming with joy as she took the medicine bottle from his hand.

Qian Ye had only one bottle left in his hand. He poured out one pill and swallowed it.

Zi Yan glanced at it, then poured a pill from the bottle, looked at it in her hand, and then opened her mouth to put it in and eat it.

After swallowing one pill, Zi Yan's face immediately lit up with a surprised smile. Just as he had said, it tasted much better than taking medicine directly.

Then, I poured another one into my mouth and ate it...

It's so addictive!

After Zi Yan finished the second one, she went to eat the third.

"That's not how you take pills," Qian Ye had to interrupt Zi Yan.

"Qian Ye, what do you mean?" Zi Yan asked, puzzled.

As for his own elixirs, he could eat them however he wanted, as many as he wanted.

So you just eat it as a snack?

Qian Ye listened to the little girl's inner thoughts and didn't know what to say to her.

Others take elixirs for cultivation.

But she treated the pills like snacks.

If she eats like this, no amount of pills would be enough for her alone.

Qian Ye had no choice but to pat the little girl's head. "Yan Yan, you can eat pills, but you can't eat them like snacks. There are only ten in the bottle. If you eat them all at once, there won't be any left."

Zi Yan thought about it and agreed that what he said made a lot of sense, so she looked up at him and asked, "How much should I eat each day?"

How much should you eat in a day?

Qian Ye gasped. Others only take one pill every few months; how many should she take a day? "Oh, three a day should be about right—one in the morning, one at noon, and one before bed."

Zi Yan: "..."

He nodded his little head again, then suddenly poured out another pill from the bottle and put it in his mouth.

Uh~

Qian Ye didn't know what to say to her. Everyone says to take three pills a day, morning, noon, and night, but she ate three at once.

I wonder if she'll eat another one next.

Fine, since the herbs are hers anyway, and I've already collected a handling fee, I won't stoop to her level. "Yan Yan, can we call the Grand Elder out now?"

"Okay." Zi Yan immediately got up and went inside.

Elder Qing also took a pill and found that it was made without a single impurity, so he was impressed. "Brother Ye, do you think the Grand Elder will come out to see us?"

"I think he already knows we're here, he just hasn't come out yet, so I don't think it's a problem." Qian Ye had already sensed that a pair of eyes had been watching them for a long time; if it wasn't the Grand Elder, whose could it be?

Moreover, he had witnessed the entire process of refining the pills, which was incredibly tempting for a pharmacist.

In the Dou Qi Continent, not every Dou Qi master possesses the talent for alchemy.

Instead, one must meet several conditions to become an alchemist.

Even the eldest Old Su Qian, the strongest among all the elders in the Inner Academy, did not have the talent to become an alchemist.

No matter how strong one is, if one doesn't know how to refine pills, then one is incapable of refining pills.

This is why there are so few alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent.

Although Han Feng is only Sixth-Tier Apothecary, he is extremely rare in the Black-Corner Region.

Even Dou Huang and Dou Zong powerhouses have to flatter him when they see him.

It is evident that alchemists highly value Dou Zong experts.

Jiang Taigong fished, and those who were willing took the bait.

Qian Ye is a prime example of this.

Ta-da-da~

Sure enough, it didn't take long before Qian Ye heard footsteps coming from inside the door. Without turning around, he knew that there were two people coming out.

Elder Qing couldn't help but turn around and glance back. He saw Zi Yan and an old man in black robes walking out of the door. He guessed that the old man must be the Grand Elder: "Brother Ye, you guessed right, Su Qian is out."

Qian Ye smiled without saying a word, remaining seated and motionless.

The man in black robes came to Qian Ye's side and sat down on the steps next to him.

Zi Yan glanced at Qian Ye, then sat down behind him, intending to listen to what the two of them had to say.

Although Zi Yan has the body of a twelve-year-old, she always pretends to be mature and refuses to admit that she is a child, but an adult, so she always pretends to be mature.

Su Qian sat down beside him and began to sized up the young man before her. "Qian Ye, you are indeed the most outstanding student among the freshmen this year. Not only are you the top freshman, but you also single-handedly defeated fifty senior students and ten teams of senior students."

"And from what I just observed, you can also refine pills, so you're a pharmacist, right?"

"Elder, now that you've already seen it, why ask me?" Qian Ye asked with a smile.

Then she turned her head and looked him over. She saw an old man in a black robe, with white beard and white hair, and eyes as cold as a knife. He looked exactly like a reclusive master.