Si Chen stared at the pill in his palm for a long while.
Seeing his expression change, Lin Wan'er thought it had caught his interest and hurried to explain:
"Your Highness, this pill is called the Scallion-Scented Qi-Restoring Pill. They say it came from a mysterious alchemist in the Eastern Region."
Her voice was light, with a hint of showing off:
"It's all the rage among the scions of Central Province's aristocratic clans now, and its price has been driven sky-high. The key is that unique scallion fragrance-no one else can imitate it!"
Beside her, the Duke of State Pacification stroked his beard and chimed in, smiling until his eyes were nearly slits:
"Yes, exactly! I've heard that even a single one of these pills is hard to come by now!"
His brows danced as he spoke. "Even the court's attendant alchemists have spent ages studying it, but they still haven't figured out how that scallion scent was refined into it."
"They all say that Alchemical Grandmaster from the Eastern Region must be a reclusive master whose attainments in the Dao of Alchemy are unfathomable..."
Holding the pill, Si Chen suddenly smiled.
An alchemy master?
A single pill was hard to come by?
Unfathomable?
One of a kind?
At last, Si Chen couldn't help laughing aloud.
To the Duke of State Pacification, that laughter painted an entirely different picture.
There was hope!
That expression clearly meant His Highness had taken an interest in the pill!
Of course. What young man didn't like novel rarities?
Especially the Scallion-Scented Pill, which was enjoying such a surge of popularity.
He had made the right move!
He could almost see the beautiful prospect of his granddaughter winning the prince's favor and the Xu Household rising another level. Even the wrinkles on his face smoothed