Jun Wangyou took out the Qi Refining Pill formula and began to study it.
He also called Master Pagoda out.
As for the other artifact spirits, Jun Wangyou had let them all out to play.
To him, these artifact spirits were like pets. At critical moments, they could even be used as labor.
Their range of activity was limited to Lingtian Peak, though.
In the room, Jun Wangyou sat on the bed.
Master Pagoda lay beside him with his legs crossed, humming something under his breath.
He looked exactly like some old geezer next door.
Jun Wangyou picked up the pill formula in his hand and studied it.
After a while, he asked, "Tata, do you know how to refine pills?"
Master Pagoda opened his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "A little, but not much."
"How little is not much?" Jun Wangyou asked curiously.
Master Pagoda did not hide it, even speaking with some regret:
"Back then, I was lazy, so I only learned a little from my master. By your human standards, I should be an Alchemy Grandmaster."
"An Alchemy Grandmaster!!"
Jun Wangyou was instantly stunned and shouted aloud.
Then he flipped over and pinned Master Pagoda beneath him. Staring at him, Jun Wangyou asked seriously again:
"Tata, you really are an Alchemy Grandmaster?"
Looking at the handsome face so close to him, Master Pagoda swallowed and nodded.
"Probably... yes..."
"Then good. Starting today, you're the chief alchemist of my Jun Corporation."
Jun Wangyou looked delighted.
"What?"
Master Pagoda froze. "What the hell is Jun Corporation?"
Jun Wangyou waved a hand nonchalantly. "You'll find out later."
With that, Jun Wangyou jumped off the bed and ran outside, saying as he ran:
"I'm going out to buy materials. Try refining a batch later. Consider it your interview."
Jun Wangyou's figure quickly vanished.
Master Pagoda sat blankly in the room alone, frowning. He kept feeling that something was off, but he could not figure out what.
"Weird."
Master Pagoda muttered, then looked around the room and sighed.
"My poor master. He should have been the Immortal Realm's number one rich second-generation heir, yet now he has fallen so low that he has to worry about spirit stones. If word got back to the Immortal Realm, those people probably wouldn't believe it even if you killed them."
Jun Wangyou soon returned and brought Master Pagoda to another room.
Taking out the Star Devouring Furnace and more than a dozen sets of materials, Jun Wangyou handed everything to Master Pagoda and stretched out his hand encouragingly.
"Tata, it's up to you."
Master Pagoda looked at the Star Devouring Furnace, which was bigger than he was, and the pile of materials. The corner of his mouth twitched.
He finally remembered what was wrong.
"Damn it, how did I somehow become an alchemist?"
"I'm an artifact spirit! An artifact spirit only responsible for acting cute and freeloading until death!"
"What's with suddenly becoming an alchemist?!"
Master Pagoda was somewhat resistant, fidgeting and unwilling to refine pills.
He had a feeling that once he refined pills, his future days would be miserable.
His wonderful life of lying flat, freeloading, and waiting for death would be gone forever.
At that moment, Jun Wangyou saw Master Pagoda's hesitant expression and seemed to guess what he was thinking.
His fists cracked as he clenched them, his eyes narrowing as he sneered.
"Tata, these materials cost me a lot of spirit stones. Waste is not a good habit.
"I'll give you two choices now. Either refine the pills for me, or I'll take you to the latrine as a paperweight. Choose for yourself."
"Don't! I'll refine them. I'll refine them, okay?"
Hearing that he would be taken to the latrine as a paperweight, Master Pagoda shuddered and immediately agreed.
And so, Master Pagoda, who had once lived a carefree life, finally began his miserable career as a laborer.
Master Pagoda had not lied. He truly was an Alchemy Grandmaster.
Although he had not refined pills for many years, refining Qi Refining Pills came as easily as turning his hand.
He could basically refine five batches in one hour, with over a hundred pills per batch, every one of them top-grade.
Beside him, Jun Wangyou's eyes gleamed. He looked exactly like a heartless boss exploiting his employee.
And just as pill refinement was in full swing on Jun Wangyou's side—
Inside a luxurious cave abode somewhere in the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land, Chen Xiaotian was being brutally beaten by his older brother.
"Ah!!!"
"Ahhh!!"
"Brother, I was wrong! Stop hitting me! I'm your biological little brother!!"
Chen Xiaotian's pig-slaughter screams echoed through the cave abode.
Immediately afterward came an enraged young man's curses.
"You fucking know I'm your biological older brother! Is this how you screw over your older brother?"
"I could overlook your past misdeeds, turning a blind eye because you're my little brother.
"But now? You fucking went and provoked Jun Wangyou directly!"
"Do you know what kind of person Jun Wangyou is?!"
"Even a hundred older brothers like me couldn't afford to provoke him!"
"No! Today, I'm going to beat you to death, you unfilial brat!"
"Ahhh!!"
Only after a long time did the cave abode gradually quiet down.
In a courtyard, Chen Tian was furious, his long hair disheveled and his aura surging as though he had just gone through a great battle.
Before him, Chen Xiaotian lay motionless on the ground like a dead dog.
Foam spilled from his mouth, his gaze was vacant, and he looked like he was taking more breaths out than in.
It was easy to see that Chen Tian had truly beaten Chen Xiaotian half to death.
After venting his anger, Chen Tian finally gradually calmed down.
His eyes flickered as he fell into thought.
"Although Jun Wangyou didn't do anything to Xiaotian, he also didn't verbally let him off. No, I must personally go apologize!"
"Otherwise, if Jun Wangyou keeps holding a grudge, my future will be ruined for the rest of my life."
"But an apology needs a gift..."
At that thought, Chen Tian's gaze shifted to Chen Xiaotian.
"Maybe I should just beat this bastard to death. He only wastes food by staying alive anyway."
Chen Tian was suddenly startled and hurriedly shook his head.
"No, no. Xiaotian is my only little brother, and also my only family in this world. He absolutely cannot die!"
"In that case, there is only one way."
Chen Tian revealed a pained expression and carefully took out a token.
"The Purple Lord Immortal Mansion Token. I obtained this only after narrowly escaping death time and again. It should be enough as an apology gift."
Chen Tian muttered to himself.
As for using spirit stones or pills as compensation, he had never even considered it.
As True Man Qingwei's only disciple, would Jun Wangyou lack pills or spirit stones?
Of course he would not.
So Chen Tian had never considered that possibility.
Of course, if Jun Wangyou knew what he was thinking, he would absolutely fly into a rage on the spot!
I do lack them!
I lack them desperately!
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