Xiao Zhan was dumbfounded!
"Tian'er, could we meet your master?"
The clan's alchemist also looked eager, very much wanting to exchange insights on pill refining.
Xiao Tian shook his head. "My master comes and goes like a ghost. Usually, even I can't contact him."
Xiao Zhan said helplessly, "All right. Tian'er, are you sure you want to hand all these pills over to the clan?"
"Yes. There'll be another batch I refine myself later. By the way, Father, how are we doing in the pill market right now?"
Xiao Zhan frowned. "Fairly well, I suppose. The Jia Lie Clan holds forty percent, while our Xiao Clan and the Ao Ba Family Clan each hold thirty percent."
"Then, Father, if these two kinds of pills flooded the market in large quantities, how much would our clan's share grow?"
The clan's alchemist smiled. "Young Master Xiao Tian, if there's enough stock and we can keep up with demand, we could definitely reach a ninety-percent share!"
Xiao Zhan laughed heartily. "We could even leave those two clans with no share of the low- and mid-end pill market!"
"That's great. Father, I'll leave you to your work. I need to go cultivate."
Watching Xiao Tian leave, the clan's alchemist smiled. "Clan Leader, our clan will have a high-tier alchemist in the future."
Xiao Zhan smiled. "Let's hope so."
On his way back to his room, Xiao Tian chatted with Yao Lao.
"Yao Lao, teach your pill-refining techniques to my younger brother Xiao Yan too."
Yao Lao said, "Certainly. I can pass the Flame Mantra on to him as well."
"That's wonderful."
"Brat, if both of you cultivate the Flame Mantra, that means you'll have to compete with each other for Heavenly Flames too. There are only so many Heavenly Flames in this world!"
Boom!
Just then, the heavens shook! A meteor fell in the distance!
"Damn it! Slapping this old man in the face, are you? Brat, have your clan's people investigate where that meteor landed! Wherever a meteor falls, Heavenly Flames and strange meteoric metals are sure to be nurtured! Heavenly Flames aren't that easy to refine, but with my exclusive methods and experience, your chances of success could reach thirty percent!"
"Huh? Thirty percent? That low?"
"Brat, that's not low at all, all right? Anyone else would have less than a ten-percent chance of success!"
Xiao Tian scratched his head. That really wasn't low.
The meteor's fall within the Jia Ma Empire drew the attention of all the empire's major powers. Even major powers beyond its borders were alerted!
Xiao Tian found Xiao Yan, explained the soul ring to him, then introduced him to Yao Lao.
His little brother Er Huo truly lived up to being a transmigrator! He remained perfectly calm at the appearance of a soul body and accepted the Flame Mantra.
Throughout the morning, Yao Lao taught Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan to refine pills, while the Xiao Clan's people investigated the meteor.
That same morning, Xiao Zhan worked with the clan's alchemist to dilute those bottles of perfect-quality Qi Gathering Powder and Rejuvenation Powder with water, adjusting the proportions to produce more than three times the quantity of high-grade Qi Gathering Powder and Rejuvenation Powder. With these, they charged into the low- and mid-end pill market, drawing many customers away from the two clans' markets!
The customers were shocked to discover that the Xiao Clan's new batch of high-grade Qi Gathering Powder was considerably more effective than the Jia Lie Clan's high-grade Qi Gathering Powder. Although the price had risen, they didn't care! After all, they only had one life! They could always earn more gold coins!
Upon learning of the new batch of Qi Gathering Powder and Rejuvenation Powder at the Xiao Family Market, the Jia Lie Clan and the Ao Ba Family Clan also bought a few bottles to study.
Both clans' alchemists were shocked to discover that the formulas were no ordinary ones. They couldn't decipher them!
The two major clans sensed a crisis!
Once the Xiao Clan seized sixty or seventy percent of the low- and mid-end pill market, the Jia Lie and Ao Ba clans would fall behind in their development!