GBP Chapter 210 Business
Chapter 210 Business
Cheng Jiu refined pills for three days, totaling sixty batches, with each batch yielding nine pills. He obtained a total of five hundred and forty pills, of which three hundred were of superior quality and two hundred and forty were of the highest quality.
Cheng Jiu was very satisfied with the nearly 50% success rate of top-quality pills; the higher the grade of the pill, the lower the success rate.
The tightly closed door to the alchemy room opened, and the badger maid who had been guarding outside immediately came over: "Master Cheng, is there anything you need?"
"I have finished refining the pills. Please take me to find the clan leader!" Cheng Jiu said calmly.
"Yes..." The maid responded instinctively, about to obey Cheng Jiu's orders, but then realized what he had said and almost lost her voice.
So fast?
That's four hundred pills!
It only took three days to master!
Is alchemy really that easy?
Even if it's not alchemy, four hundred pills in three days!
She almost doubted her ears. She had invited alchemists before, but even if she had a hundred pills, it would be difficult to refine them in less than a year or two.
And now it's been three days?!
If they hadn't known that this remarkable young woman was no ordinary person, they would have suspected that she was playing a trick on them.
She swallowed the question that had just escaped her lips; it wasn't something she could question! All she had to do was obediently listen to others.
Because the Badger Clan could respond promptly should Cheng Jiu need anything, the alchemy room was located near the clan leader's residence.
It's not only quiet here, but also close to the power center of the badger clan, so any request can be responded to immediately.
"Four hundred?" A shrill, hoarse female voice came from inside.
Cheng Jiu looked at the maid beside her. "It seems your clan leader has guests. Should she step aside and wait for them to arrive?"
"No, I'm telling you, you've gone too far! How can a demon be so greedy! It will take at least a year to refine four hundred pills, by which time the alchemist will have reached the point of leaving the demon realm! You're hoarding them all!"
Another deep male voice fell, followed by the sound of a table being slammed.
"It all depends on the demon's skill. The alchemist has no objections, so why should I voluntarily reduce it?" Badger Zhuo didn't care at all about the reprimands from the two family heads in front of him.
Cheng Jiu's agreement was a matter of opportunity and ability for their badger clan. They had offered it to them, so why should she refuse for these guys? She was the clan leader!
With these elixirs, several generations of badger cubs won't have to worry about their aptitude!
"You invite that master over! Whatever conditions your badger clan offers, we'll offer! But with even better conditions, I don't believe she'd choose your clan to skin you alive!"
"No way! Turn left at the door and don't bother coming back!" Badger Zhuo's eyes widened. They were from her tribe, and they were still on her territory. How could she make such a ridiculous request? Was this the attitude she had when she wanted to ask someone for a favor?
"I'm not leaving!" the man said firmly.
"Suit yourself!" Badger Zhuo had no choice but to comply, as he was able to make such a justified demand right in the heart of the badger clan's territory.
It's only because of the good relationship between their clans that he, a demon, wouldn't have had such a thick skin, and he wouldn't have been able to get in.
"Speaking of which, isn't that nine-tailed fox one here too? Why don't you go and invite her?"
Badger Zhu looked at the man with a teasing gaze.
The nine-tailed fox clan? Could it be referring to Grandma So-won?
The fact that her clan name is associated with a mythical beast suggests that Aunt Su-won's bloodline to the demon clan is of a high status!
No wonder Medicine King Valley sent them here!
"Are you making fun of me? With the strength of my clan, how could we possibly be qualified to stand in front of this old lady?"
Even the Nine-Tailed Fox clan only received her signal on the very day this aunt arrived.
As a result, those fools actually looked down on this old lady because she was mixed-race, and Nacho ignored them.
Now things are much better. Because of those disciples, the Crimson Bright Clan has been taken down, and the few people from the five major sects have become the Demon Emperor's honored guests.
Do you think that old lady still cares about the nine-tailed fox clan?
Originally, the status of the White Fox Prime Minister's daughter had already declined significantly after her rebellion.
They only took advantage of the decline of the main branch to seize power.
Although that old lady is of mixed race, she's the only half-demon in all these years who can refine pills. She at least carries half demon blood!
They're willing to befriend their own kind, yet the Nine-Tailed Fox clan looks down on them! No wonder they're declining!
The male voice spoke of the nine-tailed fox clan with sarcasm. Did they think they were only rejecting a half-demon?
That's a ninth-grade alchemist, and there's only one ninth-grade alchemist in the entire demon race!
If the demon race produced a ninth-grade alchemist, regardless of whether he was a half-demon or a pure demon, he would be a transcendent being everywhere! Everyone would want to curry favor with him!
Unfortunately, this half-demon has already entered Medicine King Valley. He has openly admitted that he has already leaned towards the human race.
Even under these circumstances, they are still willing to show great compassion and send a signal of goodwill.
They actually refused; they're truly hopeless.
As Kunmu thought about it, he felt increasingly envious. If someone from his clan had such a person, he would definitely treat them as a tribute.
"So sour!" Chief Badger looked at his friend with disdain. "But did this really happen? I've never heard of it!"
The female voice watching from the sidelines agreed wholeheartedly: "Don't even mention a demon like you who's been hiding underground all year round. I'm usually well-informed, but I've never heard of this before!"
"Do you think I'd lie to you? The other day I was drinking with the clan chief from Huaijiang. Didn't his sister marry the Nine-Tailed Fox clan chief? That's what he said!"
When Chief Huaijiang brought this up, she even cursed her brother-in-law as an idiot! Now look what's happened, the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, who originally had a great advantage, has no advantage at all!
I heard that the Crimson-Eyed Fox clan made a special trip to visit this old lady, begging her to help them refine pills when she had time!
Come to think of it, I never imagined that there were always alchemists among their disciples!
"I only heard that Medicine King Valley didn't bring any disciples. I forgot that the cultivation world is different from our demon race; Medicine King Valley isn't the only one that knows how to refine pills."
The maids cautiously observed Cheng Jiu, who was listening intently. They had originally intended to go in and announce his arrival, but Cheng Jiu stopped them.
What's wrong with these disciples of the major sects? Their habits are so strange.
Fortunately, there wasn't anything inside that couldn't be spoken of to demons.
Otherwise, they would definitely have gone in to report it.
"Junior Sister!" Gong Yu stood at the entrance of a passageway, saw her, and waved to her in surprise.
"I'll go over there first. You don't need to come. I'll visit you again after Chief Badger's guests have left!"
After saying that, Cheng Jiu walked towards his senior brother.
"Oh!" The maid wanted to say something, but the brother and sister disappeared into the passage and left.
The maid was unsure what to do. She had been instructed not to follow, but the clan chief said that the honored guest should not be left alone.
For a moment, I was completely bewildered.
On the contrary, the maid who had been guarding the door did not go in to report because of Cheng Jiu's obstruction.
Cheng Jiuyi, with a clear goal in mind, immediately strode inside.
When Huanzhuo saw the maid guarding the door suddenly enter, he felt a slight unease and stopped catching up with his friend. The two guests inside also quieted down when they saw the maid hurrying over.
The maid whispered quickly and softly in Badger's ear!
"Why don't you invite him in?" Badger Zhu frowned.
Seeing the badger's serious expression, which hinted at anger, the maid almost burst into tears: "The honored guest said that she shouldn't disturb the chieftain's hospitality and wouldn't allow us to come in and announce their arrival."
Huan Zhuo's expression softened upon hearing this; thankfully, it wasn't due to her lack of discipline.
But his brow remained furrowed: "Where is our honored guest now? Is he alive?"
"The distinguished guest was called away by her senior brother, but she did not seem displeased. She said she would come to visit again after the meeting was over."
"In that case, does the distinguished guest have any needs?"
"I haven't heard of that, but the clanswoman who always attends to distinguished guests is outside. Would the clan chief like to summon her?"
The badger chieftain did not rush to find Cheng Jiu, since she was still in his territory. He wanted to understand the situation first and there was no need to rush: "Let her in then!"
"Yes!"
The maidservant hurried out and brought in the demon who was pacing anxiously in circles.
Upon meeting the clan chief, the other party immediately felt at ease and explained the matter.
"You mean that alchemist Cheng refined four hundred pills in just three days?!"
When Badger heard this news, she couldn't believe it either. Four hundred in three days? Forgive her ignorance, she had never heard of such a shocking thing before.
"That alchemist must have a very high success rate!" Kunmu guessed.
"But four hundred is too much!" exclaimed the Qizhu clan chief beside him.
"That's a sixth-grade Qi and Blood Pill!" Badger Zhuo could no longer calm down. He stood up and said to his two friends, "Excuse me, gentlemen! I need to go and pay my respects to Alchemist Cheng."
"Don't abandon us! I want to go too!" Not to mention Badger Zhuo, Kunmu couldn't calm down either. He was determined to pay his respects to this prolific alchemist, Master Cheng.
"Yes! You can't just eat your fill and leave us behind! That's not good!" Qi Zhu nodded in agreement.
Badger couldn't drive his two friends away, so he could only let them follow him.
Where is that Alchemist Cheng now?
The three demons who came out did not see Cheng Jiu's figure, so they asked the demon next to them.
"Clan Chief, recently several of Master Cheng's senior brothers have been quite fond of martial arts competitions on the training ground."
"Ok!"
In that case, you must have been called away to the martial arts arena!
The badger clan chief, accompanied by the demon, hurried towards the martial arts arena.
However, Cheng Jiu and the others were not on the martial arts stage.
The badger clan lives in the mountains, where there are many paths leading to them.
At the beginning, without a demon to guide them, Gong Yu and his companions in the palace easily got lost in these passages.
But after walking through them many times, I became familiar with these passages and rarely got lost anymore.
But Cheng Jiu wasn't familiar with the area, so he could only follow his senior brother's footsteps, turning left and right.
"Junior sister, close your eyes! We'll be there soon!"
"Okay!" Cheng Jiu obediently closed his eyes and let his senior brother pull him along.
"It's time to open your eyes!"
"Wow! So many..." Cheng Jiu looked around the cave studded with various crystals: "Crystals!"
"Isn't it beautiful!" Gong Yu said with a smug look on his face. "I knew you'd like it, Junior Sister!"
"Beautiful, I love it!" Large chunks of hexagonal crystal were embedded throughout the cave, their beautiful refracted light highlighting Cheng Jiu's face.
No one dislikes colorful things, but these can only be used as decorations and have no real value.
"If you like it, that's fine!" Miyagi slowly stood up from the pile of crystals.
"Senior Brother Gongcheng!"
“Me too!” Li Weixin also appeared from the other side.
"Senior Brother Li!"
"Hehe!" Li Weixin said, "Our junior sister must be tired from refining pills, so we wanted to show you around here!"
"It looks great!" Cheng Jiu couldn't resist this specially prepared surprise and kept saying how beautiful it was.
Looking at the crystals scattered all over the ground, Cheng Jiu felt a soft, floating sensation in her heart for some reason.
"Look, junior sister, this is a yellow crystal I sculpted of you!" Gong Yu presented a yellow crystal that could barely be made out as a human figure.
"..." Cheng Jiu stared at the citrine, his eyes widening slightly. "Senior Brother Gongcheng, did you carve one too?"
She refused to respond. This can't be her, it can't be!
"No! My brother and Senior Brother Li have been spending all their time on the arena these past few days, how could they have time? It's just me! How about that, are you surprised? I even carved my brother and Senior Brother Li!"
As she spoke, Gong Yu pushed out two more lumps of something.
Cheng Jiu stared at the two lumps for a long time, and for some reason felt comforted.
If it weren't for Senior Brother Gong Yu pointing it out, she wouldn't have recognized those two lumps as people.
"Senior brother, how come you have so much free time?"
Cheng Jiu was curious, after all, given Gong Yu's personality, he should prefer staying in the arena more than Li Weixin and Gong Cheng.
Gong Cheng looked at the two lumps and silently rubbed his forehead. He still remembered that Gong Yu had excitedly told him that he had a surprise for him, and that Li Weixin and Cheng Jiu would see it together.
Looking at it now, he was truly surprised!
For some reason, his hands were itching: "This guy used too much force in the fight a few days ago and got injured. He can't fight these days! See, he's just bored!"
"Isn't it pretty?" Gong Yu asked, looking at the three of them.
"Senior brother, let's go to the arena and take a look!" Cheng Jiu really couldn't lie and say that those three lumps were them; he couldn't even lie!
"Alright, the surprise's over, let's go!" Li Weixin said with a smile, putting his arm around Gong Yu's neck as they walked out.
"Okay, Senior Brother Li, don't pull me!" Gong Yu was forced to follow Li Weixin's steps.
Not long after we left, a group of badger people came running over.
"Is that all?" A tiny figure with purple wings looked around the room full of crystals, its tone tinged with disappointment.
"The mine's output is relatively low this year! You know, apart from your clan, no other demons need this stuff. Only our clan knows you need it, so we're stockpiling it," the leading captain said to the little elf.
The little sprite touched the crystal and took a bite, causing a dent to appear abruptly on its smooth surface.
The other person chewed and swallowed: "Top quality, we'll take them all!"
“Then we’ll help you carry it back,” Captain Badger said, not at all surprised.
"Then I'll leave it to you!" The little elf fluttered among the crystals for a while, then saw the three crystal statues that Gong Yu had brought out: "What's wrong with these three! They're so ugly!"
Captain Badger carefully examined the three lumps placed there, thinking for a long time, but still couldn't remember when they had been placed there: "They've probably mutated! But aren't you taking the crystals to eat them? These three are of excellent quality, so it shouldn't matter!"
"We can't just eat anything!" the little elf snapped, knowing full well that the elf race highly valued appearance.
"Then consider these three as a gift from us!" Captain Badger hesitated, not wanting to offend this important customer.
"Have your demons cut it! Cut it to a normal size! No need to send it, we don't need the money!" The little elf pointed at the three crystals.
"Alright, you wait!"
Soon after, all the crystals in the room were moved away, and Cheng Jiu and the others were already far away and unaware of the ensuing lawsuit.