Medicine Hall

Behind the door was a corridor lined with many rooms. The walls were made of a glass-like metal, and it was impossible to see what was inside from the outside.

Xiao Bisheng led Tang Wulin and the others several dozen meters down the corridor before they reached a Soul Guidance Elevator.

"Beep!"

Xiao Bisheng verified his face, and the elevator doors opened. He pressed the button for the thirty-fifth floor.

"Senior Xiao, are you the one who wants to buy my pill recipes?" Tang Wulin asked in the elevator.

Xiao Bisheng shook his head gently. "I don't know much about pills, but someone in the sect is interested in them. I'm just introducing you to him."

As they spoke, they reached the thirty-fifth floor in no time. The elevator was clearly faster than the one at the Blacksmith Association, showing that the Tang Sect's technology was more advanced.

Xiao Bisheng led the three of them into a large room that looked like his office.

"Have a seat!"

Xiao Bisheng sat down on a sofa nearby and picked up the teapot to pour some tea.

"Tang Wulin, your teacher is Wu Zhangkong, right?" Xiao Bisheng suddenly asked.

"Senior Xiao, how did you know?"

Xiao Bisheng smiled and pushed three cups of tea toward them.

"Because he's a member of the Tang Sect too!"

"Huh?" Tang Wulin had never imagined that Teacher Wu was a member of the Tang Sect.

"Never mind. We can meet up with him another time. For now, let's talk about your pill recipes."

"Mm! All right!"

Xiao Bisheng slowly stood up and took out a tablet, tapping it a few times.

Soon, a figure appeared beside the sofa. At first, she was a little indistinct, but as the Soul Power stabilized, her image gradually became clear.

She looked like a young girl, dressed in pink and blue, with her hair tied into twin ponytails. She was very cute and held a tablet in her hand.

"This is the Tang Sect's latest technology: real-time communication projection. It can project the other person's image directly, like this. Apart from not being able to touch her, she's no different from being here in person," Xiao Bisheng explained.

"Hi! Nice to meet you! I'm Lin Xiaoyu." The girl greeted them.

"She's the granddaughter of the Tang Sect Medicine Hall Master. It's her grandfather, Elder Lin, who's interested in your pill recipes. But Elder Lin isn't in good health, so he asked her to speak with us," Xiao Bisheng explained.

"So you're Tang Wulin? You're really handsome!" Lin Xiaoyu walked over to Tang Wulin's side and blinked.

Tang Wulin felt a little embarrassed and leaned back on the sofa. Smiling, he said, "Hello, I'm Tang Wulin."

"Mm~ Then there's no doubt about it. My grandfather needs those pill recipes of yours—nineteen in all, for a total of 380 million Federal Coins. Is that the right price?" Lin Xiaoyu asked.

Tang Wulin nodded. "That's already a very high price."

"My grandfather also said he'd like to meet the senior who gave you the pill recipes. Would that be possible?"

"This..." Tang Wulin looked troubled. "I'm afraid I can't accommodate Elder Lin's request. That senior doesn't want to show himself, which is why he asked me to sell them."

Lin Xiaoyu nodded without looking disappointed. "Grandfather expected as much. He only asked on the off chance that it might work. He likes these pill recipes so much that he wanted to meet the senior who created them."

"I'm sorry to disappoint Elder Lin."

"Ah, it's fine. But my grandfather has one more request! He hopes you'll consider joining the Tang Sect Medicine Hall."

"This..." Tang Wulin fell silent. The invitation had come far too suddenly, and he hadn't made up his mind yet.

"It's all right. You can take your time to think it over. His reasoning is simple: the high-quality pills the Medicine Hall can currently provide are indeed far less effective than top-tier Soul Tools and Battle Armor. But your pill recipes are different. If they can be completed, the pills made from them will certainly far surpass all the Medicine Hall's current pills. With these new pills, the Medicine Hall will surely reach a whole new level. But Grandfather really isn't in good health, and completing these recipes would take him a long time. If you join the Medicine Hall, you'll be able to complete them quickly with that senior's help."

"Complete the pill recipes?"

Tang Wulin immediately thought of the complete pill recipe Yao Lao had given him yesterday. He took it out of his Soul Tool.

"Actually, I have a complete pill recipe here." Tang Wulin held it in his palm.

"A complete pill recipe!" Lin Xiaoyu immediately tried to take it from Tang Wulin's hand, but she was only a projection and couldn't touch it.

"Wait a moment. I'll go ask my grandfather." Lin Xiaoyu quickly vanished from their sight, clearly going to find him.

"Wulin, I didn't know you'd kept something up your sleeve!" Mu Chen was also surprised that Tang Wulin had produced a complete pill recipe.

Tang Wulin smiled, then said to Xiao Bisheng, "Senior Xiao, I have something else here. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

"Oh? What is it?" Xiao Bisheng was growing more and more curious about this child, who wasn't even ten years old. The Medicine Hall Master of the Tang Sect had personally invited him to join.

Tang Wulin placed the Storage Soul Tool ring containing the Black-Grade Mecha in front of Xiao Bisheng.

Xiao Bisheng picked up the ring, looking doubtful, and immediately sent his spiritual power inside.

But the next instant, he withdrew his spiritual power, his face full of disbelief. Then he sent his spiritual power inside again. Only after confirming that he hadn't seen wrong did he pull it back out.

"A Black-Grade Mecha! And several Level 6 and 7 Soul Tools, too. Little Wulin, where did you get all this? If I remember correctly, there's only one Black-Grade Mecha in all of Eastsea City, and it belongs to the Mecha Brigade. Don't tell me that senior of yours stole it!"

Tang Wulin grinned crookedly. "Senior Xiao, you guessed right."

"Old Xiao, don't worry! There won't be any problems with this mecha, and the Federation won't come after you," Mu Chen reassured him.

"Really?"

"Don't you trust me? Besides, you wanted a high-grade mecha, didn't you?"

"Fine!" Xiao Bisheng let out a long breath and said, "Then I'll take this mecha. Wulin, how much do you want for it, including these Soul Tools?"

"To be honest, I don't really know what it's worth. Just offer whatever you think is fair, Senior Xiao." Tang Wulin scratched his head.

"Many of the Core Arrays in this mecha have been damaged by brute force, and some of the Spirit-Forged Metal has lost its properties. Basically, half of it is damaged. Including these Soul Tools, I'll offer 155 million Federal Coins. How does that sound?"

"That's fine with me." Tang Wulin nodded.

Xiao Bisheng quickly took a bank card from his person and placed it in Tang Wulin's hand. It clearly contained 150 million Federal Coins.

Xiao Bisheng took out a Storage Soul Tool and scanned the ring, transferring the mecha and Soul Tools into his own Storage Soul Tool. After all, the ring still belonged to Tang Wulin.

In the blink of an eye, Tang Wulin had gone from a penniless boy to a millionaire with assets worth over a hundred million.