Early the next morning, Chen Ming gathered the relevant personnel and began laying out a detailed plan of action.
Liu Qingqing was appointed the "Jade Wave Island Cooperation Envoy" and assigned three experienced Spirit Planters and an alchemist to accompany her to Jade Wave Island aboard a medium-sized Spirit Boat. Before her departure, Chen Ming summoned her to his study alone to give her private instructions.
"On the surface, you're going to Jade Wave Island to provide technical support and help them improve the efficiency of their spiritual herb cultivation and pill refinement." Sitting behind his desk, Chen Ming tapped his fingers lightly against its surface. "But you have three real objectives: first, establish the location, size, and output of every Medicine Garden on Jade Wave Island; second, learn their spiritual herb stockpiles and sales channels; third, place our people in the key stages of their production."
Liu Qingqing noted each point, then asked, "What if they refuse to let our people into the key stages?"
"Then give them a taste of something sweet." Chen Ming took two scrolls of pill formulas from his Storage Bag and handed them to her. "These are two ancient pill formulas I found in the cave abode. One is an improved Spirit-Nurturing Pill formula, with a success rate twenty percent higher than the standard formula on the market. The other is a Peiyuan Pill formula, suitable for Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators to strengthen their foundations and nourish their vital essence. Its effects are over thirty percent better than those of ordinary Peiyuan Pills. Present these two formulas to Jade Wave Island's new Island Master as a first-meeting gift, and he'll naturally understand the benefits of working with us."
Liu Qingqing accepted the Pill Formulas and skimmed them, inwardly marveling. If these two formulas became