Alchemy Master

Chapter 527, The Feng Family’s Attention

Translator: Silavin

When the image lit up, he saw two anxious faces.

One was the Thirteenth Elder.

The other was a High Elder from the Feng Family’s Alchemy Pavilion, a person of considerable prestige within the Feng Family.

“What took you so long? What have you been up to?” The Thirteenth Elder immediately began scolding as soon as he appeared.

From his expression, it was clear he had been waiting anxiously.

Obviously, whether it was the Clear Mind Pill or the Yuan Healing Pill, their efficacy had already been proven. Otherwise, that lofty High Elder from the Alchemy Pavilion would not have appeared simultaneously.

“Where did you obtain this Pill Formula?” Before Feng Jianzhong could answer, the Alchemy Pavilion High Elder asked urgently.

As the Feng Family’s Alchemy Pavilion High Elder, his primary task was not to refine those Pills sold in shops, but rather to develop new Pills.

Competition in the Pill industry had always been fierce. Only by ensuring that one’s own business had the best and most effective Pills for sale could they attract customers.

In fact, whether it was the Feng Family or other Major Forces, all had been continuously attempting to merge different effects into one, but there had been no progress.

This High Elder had once spent decades devoted entirely to this endeavour, yet achieved nothing.

Originally, when the Thirteenth Elder suddenly came to disturb him, he was quite impatient, especially regarding that Pill Formula, which failed to spark his interest in refining it.

It was only after the Thirteenth Elder mentioned the effects that he reluctantly agreed to refine it casually, hoping to make the Thirteenth Elder give up.

Who would have known that a miracle would occur!

First, the Pill Formulas that both the High Elder and the Thirteenth Elder believed impossible to form into a Pill actually succeeded in producing a Pill.

Furthermore, the effects matched exactly what was described!

At that moment, these two important figures of the Feng Family were completely stunned.

The Feng Family, including other Major Forces, had invested countless human and material resources in this area without any progress, yet this sudden Pill Formulas had actually solved this eternal problem!

They could imagine the tremendous sensation this would cause.

What puzzled both of them most was why the person who created this Pill Formulas would sell it to their Feng Family!

They did not believe such a thing could have been developed by an ordinary person. At the very least, it would require someone from a Force on par with the Feng Family.

“This is what happened…” Seeing how seriously both of them regarded this matter, Feng Jianzhong dared not conceal anything. He even brought over Grandmaster Lan Wen and recounted the entire sequence of events in detail.

“You handled this matter very well!” Regarding Feng Jianzhong’s decision to give up ten percent of the profits, not only did the Thirteenth Elder not blame him, but he actually praised him.

The higher one’s position, the more clearly one could see the value of Compound Pills.

Even if they had to pay ten times the price to secure this Pill Formula, in their view, it would still be worthwhile.

“This young man seems to be purposefully showing goodwill towards our Feng Family…” From Feng Jianzhong’s description, the Thirteenth Elder gleaned something.

Actually, from the beginning, the fact that the young man only wanted thirty percent of the profits showed he was deliberately offering concessions.

That the young man could accept ten percent of the profits was no longer simply about concessions—it was tantamount to giving the Pill Formulas to the Feng Family for free.

One must understand that the Feng Family had invested an unknown amount into this area.

A million gold coins?

Ten million gold coins?

Perhaps even… over a hundred million was still not enough for these Pill Formulas!

“Are you saying that young man still has more of those… Compound Pill Formulas?” The Feng Family’s Alchemy Pavilion High Elder’s concerns were obviously different, as he kept pressing for information about Qin Yichen.

This was quite normal. The Thirteenth Elder managed the Feng Family’s finances, so naturally their focal points differed.

“Yes.” Grandmaster Lan Wen answered respectfully.

He had once received guidance from this High Elder, which was why he was so devoted to the Feng Family.

“Then summon that young man to the Feng Family to see me!” The High Elder said somewhat urgently. After speaking, he seemed to feel this was somewhat inappropriate. “Actually, I shall personally make a trip to Heavenly Dragon Imperial City!” After saying this, he hastily disappeared from the image.

The Thirteenth Elder was not surprised by his behaviour.

If he did not have to manage the Feng Family’s finances across various regions, he too would want to make a trip to Heavenly Dragon Imperial City to see what this young man named Qin Yichen actually looked like.

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Qin Yichen was unaware of these subsequent developments.

However, just as he had anticipated, the two Pill Formulas had attracted the attention of the Feng Family’s upper echelons. At the very least, the Feng Family’s upper echelons now knew of his existence.

The next day, Qin Yichen cheerfully took out one hundred thousand gold coins for Gongshu Zhiyi, satisfying this little girl’s shopping ‘needs’.

As for Qin Yichen himself, he was preparing to participate in the North Dipper Auction House’s auction.

He was determined to obtain those scraps of Shooting Star Spirit Crystals.

He was very clear about the value of Spirit Seeds.

Ordinary Spirit Seeds were already worth a million gold coins.

Though his trip to World Aplenty Hall had earned him two million gold coins, that was because of the Compound Pills!

Without offering the Pill Formulas, Qin Yichen would have needed to refine hundreds of Pills to obtain a million gold coins.

Moreover, in Qin Yichen’s memory, what would emerge from that piece of scraps was not simply an ordinary Spirit Seed, but rather… a High Grade Spirit Seed!

Spirit Seeds were also graded hierarchically: ordinary Spirit Seeds, Low Grade Spirit Seeds, Mid Grade Spirit Seeds, High Grade Spirit Seeds, Peak Grade Spirit Seeds, and those existing only in legend… Supreme Grade Spirit Seeds.

It was said that Supreme Grade Spirit Seeds possessed their own spiritual intelligence and capabilities beyond ordinary imagination.

Ordinary Spirit Seeds were already worth a million gold coins, so High Grade Spirit Seeds would be worth at least ten million gold coins!

This was why that minor Noble had prospered because of it.

A million gold coins in Heavenly Dragon Imperial City would still only represent an ordinary Family. However, ten million gold coins would already place one among the Second-Tier Forces.

Qin Yichen’s interest naturally was not in those ten million gold coins.

What he cared about was that High Grade Spirit Seed!

If he could absorb a High Grade Spirit Seed, his cultivation realm could achieve a tremendous leap.

Compared to his current Spiritual Rupture Realm, his Martial Cultivation Realm was undoubtedly his weakness. He had to find a way to elevate it as well.

The High Grade Spirit Seed was his best choice.

He naturally did not possess ten million gold coins. Nor could he possibly throw out over a dozen Compound Pill Formulas to World Aplenty Hall at once in exchange for gold coins.

However, now, regarding that piece of Shooting Star Spirit Crystal scraps that had nearly been passed over at auction, he was determined to obtain it.

Under the North Dipper Auction House’s promotion, this auction was also extremely popular.

Mainly, it had attracted many people who had never seen Shooting Star Spirit Crystals before. Whether they would actually bid remained uncertain.

No one wished to see tens of thousands of gold coins go down the drain.

Moreover, among those who had never even seen Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, how many could afford to lose tens of thousands of gold coins?