Zhang Jian had his personal servant Zhang Lu question a young, sturdy servant nearby.
"They only refined lead into silver, not gold?"
"Did you ask clearly?"
Zhang Lu hurriedly nodded. "Young master, I asked clearly. They only refined lead ingots into silver, but it's genuine, absolutely genuine. They all said they saw it with their own eyes!"
"Fourth Master Qi is now having mother silver moved over here. They say it'll be used as seed silver—the more mother silver they use, the more the refined silver will multiply!"
"..."
A trace of speechlessness flickered through Zhang Jian's eyes. Some matters were clearer to bystanders than to those caught in the game.
He roughly understood what was going on.
"Let's go watch this excitement too. Let's see what skills this Daoist Yuzhen from Longmen Mountain possesses."
He had heard the servants mention that this Daoist supposedly came from Longmen Mountain in Shanyang Commandery. Longmen Mountain was a famed scenic mountain in Shanyang Commandery, where many virtuous and eminent Daoists had renounced the world to cultivate. Legends even claimed that immortals appeared there.
When Zhang Jian entered the Fourth Branch's courtyard, he happened to hear someone shouting loudly.
"Move, move! The True Person said that you are all worldly mortals, carrying the five turbidities within you, and are most likely to spoil the True Elixir! If you ruin this furnace of True Elixir and lose the mother silver, be careful that I don't skin you alive!"
At those words, the many servants scattered one after another.
Zhang Jian had already spotted his Fourth Uncle, Qi Yuanjia. Beside him stood his eldest cousin, Qi Tongli, who looked utterly listless and was still yawning.
He looked as though he had indulged himself to excess.
Zhang Jian's gaze swept over his eldest cousin, and his