"Brother, I'm begging you!"
Daoist Firmament looked utterly pitiful.
He Pingsheng's expression darkened further.
The first time he had helped this fellow refine pills, the man had begged him over and over.
In the end, only because he wanted just two Lightning-Warding Pills had He Pingsheng reluctantly agreed to refine them for him.
And now you're begging me again?
"Fellow Daoist Firmament..." He Pingsheng sighed earnestly. "As cultivators making our way through the Spirit Realm, we can't get by on words alone. This... you're putting me in a difficult position!"
"One set of ingredients-it's not that I refuse to refine pills for you, but even if I do, I can't possibly produce supreme-grade pills on the first attempt, can I?"
"How about this?" Daoist Firmament said. "Although I only have one set of ingredients, if you produce supreme-grade pills, I'll take just one, and the other eleven will all be yours. Will that do?"
"Also, if the refinement fails or anything else goes wrong, I'll bear the loss!"
His face was full of sincerity.
He Pingsheng nodded helplessly.
Fine!
I won't lose out anyway.
These [Dao-Healing Pills] were quite valuable, especially their main ingredient, [Carefree Seed], which was rather precious.
After refining them for this fellow, he could enhance them, turning them into twenty-four pills.
He could give him one and leave the remaining twenty-three in the shop to sell slowly.
Or he could keep one or two for his own use.
He Pingsheng reached out and took his jade box.
"Heh heh..." Daoist Firmament said. "Brother, you truly are a good man. I'll remember your kindness for the rest of my life. Don't worry, your older brother will definitely repay you!"
He Pingsheng said, "Last time, you said you would reward me handsomely once you made it big. In