Chen Shi'an laughed heartily and waved a hand. "Dean Shen, since we're friends now, there's no need to stand on ceremony.
"Friends should help each other."
Shen Junru smiled beautifully, like a flower blossoming, and the look she gave Chen Shi'an was noticeably warmer.
After exchanging pleasantries, Chen Shi'an personally escorted Shen Junru out of the Earth Pill Sect, and they reluctantly parted.
Watching Shen Junru's carriage disappear into the distance, Chen Shi'an's lips curled high.
He had just secured White Camel Temple, and now the Green Mountain Branch had delivered itself to his doorstep.
An auspicious sign indeed!
After seeing Shen Junru off, Chen Shi'an had someone bring him the recipe for the Spirit-Strengthening Pill and began studying it.
These days, the pills he refined were mainly Level One Origin-Strength Pills and Level Two Spring Returning Pills.
Origin-Strength Pills aided cultivation, while Spring Returning Pills healed injuries; these were the two pills in greatest demand.
The Earth Pill Sect had yet to recover from the blow dealt by the departure of Hong Qingliu and the others.
It faced considerable pressure supplying pills to Desolate Suppression City.
The sect's Alchemists were all refining pills at twice their former intensity.
Since Chen Shi'an wanted the other Alchemists to redouble their efforts, he naturally had to set an example, rolling up his sleeves to refine Origin-Strength Pills and Spring Returning Pills as well.
Of the pills he refined, he handed half over to the sect and kept the other half.
Although he contributed only half, the number of pills he provided still far exceeded that of other Level Two Alchemists of the same rank.
Moreover, he spent far less time refining pills than the sect's Level Two Alchemists did.
He spent less time refining and handed over only half his pills,