Hearing this, Valley Master Nie suddenly understood. Indeed, Zhang Xiaohua had never mentioned any conditions from the start. He had merely wanted to use the pill formulas to refine pills. Once he became proficient with all the formulas, refining the Crimson Flame Pill would surely come as easily as turning his hand.
At that moment, Elder Zhang smiled. "Since Great Hero Ren already has a plan in mind, could you first demonstrate for this old man how to refine pills using the ancient method? What the books say is baffling in the extreme. You must have seen the Valley Master refine pills before, yet none of us knows how to control the temperature with such ease."
Zhang Xiaohua glanced at Valley Master Nie. Seeing him make a gesture of invitation, Zhang Xiaohua nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll trouble Uncle Nie to prepare the herbs."
Valley Master Nie laughed heartily. "They were prepared long ago."
As he spoke, he instructed several disciples outside the bamboo hut to bring in some herbs that had just been dug up.
Zhang Xiaohua sighed inwardly. These old gentlemen are all shrewd. They knew Elder Zhang might not believe it, so they had prepared everything beforehand.
Elder Zhang was delighted at the sight. What he had seen before had only been the finished pill, but how the pill was refined was even more crucial. As the ancients said, "Care about the process; do not focus only on the result."
Elder Zhang hurriedly said, "Great Hero Ren, behind this bamboo hut is the pill room, one of Hui Chun Valley's earliest pill rooms. Do you think it will suffice?"
Zhang Xiaohua smiled. "Elder Zhang, you are a senior of the pill-refining world. Please do not stand on ceremony with this junior."
"Not at all. The wise