"As long as you don't strike me from the Pill Hall, Chief, I'll be moved to tears with gratitude."
"It has been years since we last met. Let me see whether your pill Dao has regressed."
Yun Zhongzi seemed intent on letting Wei Dao observe and learn. Xu Chuan did not mind and gave a live demonstration.
Still, he held something back.
Even so, a batch of eight Pills, four of them superior-grade and none inferior-grade, left Wei Dao thoroughly astounded by his pill-refining mastery.
Yun Zhongzi stroked his beard and nodded. "Not bad. You haven't grown lax."
Then he said to Wei Dao, "This is what it means that beyond every great person stands another, and beyond every sky lies another sky. Your pill-refining skills may someday surpass those of the Pill Hall's other attendants, but you must never grow arrogant."
"Your disciple will heed your teachings, Master. I will be sure to seek Attendant San Shu's guidance often."
Before long, Xu Chuan went to Steward Chen and asked him to help purchase ingredients for first-tier pill formulas and second-tier Artifact Refining Materials.
With the chief's orders behind him, Steward Chen naturally dared not refuse.
Next, Xu Chuan went out to buy two flasks of Jade True Brew and paid True Person Yunding a visit.
True Person Yunding was genuinely delighted to see Xu Chuan.
Xu Chuan also revealed his identity to him.
"So you hail from an aristocratic clan, Fellow Daoist Xu. Still, in a newly established clan, the cultivators are little different from rogue cultivators. They receive scant help and must rely on themselves."
"You're quite right, Fellow Daoist Yunding."
"Honestly, if you had stayed in the Pill Hall, Chief Yun Zhongzi would certainly have kept your share of the Divine Sense Pill profits for you. Over