Su Zhao also instructed Teng Shan to send word to the other major powers and families in the imperial capital, asking them to gather medicinal ingredients as well.
Before long, he planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire for the Black-Corner Region. Before that, he intended to collect enough medicinal ingredients so he would not have to run around everywhere later.
At the same time, Su Zhao needed to refine various poison pills for his own cultivation. Searching directly for natural poisons was far too inefficient for him. Refining extremely toxic pills and consuming them together with Xiao Yi Xian while cultivating together produced simply incredible results.
Once the news spread, the entire Jia Ma Sacred City was shaken.
A sixth-tier master alchemist was openly accepting pill-refining commissions. Such an opportunity was impossible to come by, though Su Zhao had his requirements as well: he would not accept commissions for pills below the fourth tier, as they were a waste of time, unless they possessed some special effect.
It was not that he coveted pill formulas. It was simply that when others brought him three portions of ingredients, he only needed to use one portion. He could refine two more pills with the remaining ingredients, and the client still had to pay him. That was the advantage of an alchemist.
He would never lack money to spend!
The major powers of the imperial capital immediately went into full motion. While gathering ingredients for Su Zhao, they also delivered lists of the pills they wished to have refined.
Most of them were fifth-tier pills, though there were also a small number of requests for sixth-tier pills.
Jia Xing Tian of the imperial family requested a sixth-tier Hunyuan Bone-Reconstruction Pill; Fa Ma of the Alchemist Association requested a Huangji Pill; Mittel Tengshan