"When it comes to mastery of pill-refining techniques, Dean Zhou, known as 'Blood Dragon City's Foremost Pill Refiner,' unquestionably takes first place."
"Besides him, the three people from the three great Lineages specially recruited by the academy as 'Pill Hall Masters' also surpass me in pill-refining skill."
"It's just that..."
Song Hechuan explained in all seriousness-
"Lord Zhou Wan'en, dean of Blood Dragon City Academy, is busy with his duties. He might not refine more than a few batches of profound pills all year;"
"Besides, that lord dean either doesn't act at all;"
"Or when he does, he routinely produces 'Mortal Rank Upper Grade' pills, or even pills that reach the 'profound grade'!"
"The vast majority of cultivators in Blood Dragon City couldn't afford a single profound pill of that caliber even after a lifetime of effort!"
"They aren't even qualified to see one with their own eyes!"
"Tell me, how could profound pills like those be used for large-scale trade?"
Perhaps to further secure Bu Wuchen's support, Song Hechuan explained in painstaking detail, brimming with sincerity. "As for the profound pills refined by the pill-refining Attendants of the three great Lineages..."
"The quality of their high-end goods might slightly exceed the pills produced by our Song Clan Pill Workshop;"
"But most of the time, the profound pills they refine only circulate within their own Lineages."
"As the saying goes, rich waters shouldn't flow into outsiders' fields~"
"In terms of the total volume and profits of profound pill production and sales, neither Blood Dragon City Academy nor the three great Lineages come anywhere close to our Song Clan Pill Workshop!"
"I do have that much confidence."
Next, Bu Wuchen learned from Song Hechuan the exact level of Lin Shutao's and the others' pill-refining skills.
The youth was then filled with confidence. Heh, this could work!
Originally, after the academy's Pill Hall rejected him, Bu Wuchen had only thought, If this place won't keep me, somewhere else will.
But when he learned from Xia Nuoyi that the person making things difficult for him was actually a pill-refining Attendant of the Lin Lineage, he immediately changed his mind!
After all, throughout their several encounters, every overt and covert trick the Lin Lineage used had been aimed at driving Bu Wuchen to his death!
If he could even put up with that, wouldn't he, Bu Wuchen, become a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle"?
The 'Chief Pill Hall Master' specially recruited from the Lin Lineage, huh?
Hehehe, we'll see about that...
A fierce plan for revenge had already taken shape in Bu Wuchen's mind.
For now, however, he still needed to bring in a few powerful allies who could hold their ground.
As agreed, having personally watched Bu Wuchen refine profound pills with his own hands, Xia Nuoyi could already be considered aboard his "pirate ship."
Besides her, the Song Clan Pill Workshop, which was extremely eager to cooperate with him, was undoubtedly another excellent choice!
But Bu Wuchen also understood that Lin Taoshu, specially recruited as the academy Pill Hall's "Chief Master," was no easy opponent!
Moreover, behind this man stood the Lin Lineage, one of the three great Lineages!
Without sufficient assurance and substantial profits to motivate him, Song Hechuan might not be willing to risk offending the Lin Lineage to lend his full support.
Thus, Bu Wuchen needed to think of a way to help the man make up his mind and pull him aboard his "pirate ship"!
His brow rose as an idea struck him. "You know, after refining a batch of profound pills with your treasured cauldron, Boss Song, my hands really are itching for more."
"Since I've nothing else to do..."
"Why don't you prepare some more medicinal ingredients for me? This young master will go into seclusion here today to refine pills!"
"I'll entrust all the pills I refine to your workshop to sell. How does that sound?"
This was a wonderful prospect that Song Hechuan was delighted to hear, and he immediately nodded emphatically. "No problem, no problem!"
"Whatever materials you need, Master Bu, just say the word. Our humble shop will do everything it can to provide them."
Xia Nuoyi, however, knitted her delicate brows in displeasure. "Go into seclusion here?"
"You're not going back to the academy?"
Bu Wuchen shrugged. "Do you think I still need to go back now?"
Those words deflated the green-robed girl's temper.
Indeed, with the pill-refining techniques Bu Wuchen had displayed, even if he couldn't be said to firmly surpass the academy Pill Hall's three masters, he could at least stand shoulder to shoulder with Song Hechuan.
Such ability was enough for him to establish himself in Blood Dragon City and live extremely comfortably!
If he only wants to stop at this one city, this one place, he can indeed afford to do as he pleases now.
But with the 'Blood Dragon Birthmark' on him, is he already satisfied with just this?
For some reason, the green-clad girl suddenly felt deeply regretful on his behalf.
But she also knew very well that she had no standing to feel that way;
Yet why had she felt that heart-wrenching pang of regret for an instant?
How strange...
"If there's nothing else, why don't you head out?"
"This young master needs to concentrate on his seclusion."
Bu Wuchen calmly issued his guests their dismissal.
Song Hechuan had already started walking.
After a brief moment of conflict, the green-robed girl tipped up her delicate nose. "Hmph, an arrogant little brat with just a tiny bit of talent!"
"I'd like to see just what sort of stuff this so-called 'seclusion' of yours can produce!"
With that, she strode out, leaving a fragrant breeze behind...
Before long, the pill workshop's spacious private chamber was packed full of shelving that had been carried inside.
Vast quantities of medicinal ingredients were delivered as though they cost nothing!
Among them were five jin of "pill fire tinder."
That stuff was even more expensive than its weight in gold!
When refining pills, the assistance of pill fire often yielded twice the results with half the effort.
Song Hechuan also specifically stationed some elite guards at key points to ensure that no one disturbed Master Bu's grand pill-refining undertaking.
Looking at the dazzling array of medicinal ingredients, Bu Wuchen rubbed his hands together excitedly. "Heh, let's get to work!"
Mad dog mode, frenzied pill refining!
"Buzzz, buz buzz, hiss, hiss, hiss..."
For a time, pill fire swirled through the room, and medicinal Qi billowed!
After an unknown length of time, the first batch of pills emerged from the cauldron-
Mortal Rank Middle Grade Qi Recovery Pills, once again a full yield. That was just how overwhelming he was!
"Phew~"
"Refining Mortal Rank Middle Grade profound pills really is a little more tiring than refining inferior-grade ones."
If other pill refiners saw Bu Wuchen refining pills at this moment, then heard him muttering to himself, they would be so frustrated they would cough up three liters of blood!
Any other pill refiner at the Mortal Realm Ninth Layer would, after refining a full batch of Mortal Rank Middle Grade Qi Recovery Pills, be drenched in sweat from exhaustion, if not completely drained.
Yet Bu Wuchen merely made a token swipe at the few tiny beads of sweat on his forehead...
Damn it, were you sure those pitiful few drops of sweat hadn't just been drawn out by the heat of the pill fire?
In truth, one reason Bu Wuchen was so "extraordinarily gifted" was that he had the system backing him. As long as his pill-refining realm kept pace, his success rate in refining profound pills was an utterly unreasonable one hundred percent, and it did not tax his mind too heavily.
Second, as someone reborn who had lived two lives, Bu Wuchen possessed a soul whose strength already far exceeded that of ordinary people!
"Keep going."
"This time, it's time to try superior-grade ones."
Time ticked by, second by second.
At a certain moment-
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."