Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 65: Vying for Recruitment

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Vying for Recruitment

"Brother Hong, your Hong Family and my Mo Family are both from Alchemy Families of similar stature! It’s one thing that a high-quality Continuation Pill appeared at the auction, but to also see a never-before-heard Puppet Elixir, has your Ancestor made a new breakthrough in the Alchemy Dao?"

The Mo Family Master was fishing for information from the Hong Family Head, another member of the Alchemy Family.

Both families were openly and secretly competing, entirely focused on nurturing their own Pill Masters, each hoping to crush the other and become the premier Alchemy Family in the Jianyun Dynasty.

Any small movement could trigger the sensitive nerves of both families.

"Do you suspect that those two Elixirs were concocted by my Hong Family? When bidding for the Puppet Elixir earlier, my family bid up to fifty-six thousand silver taels," the Hong Family Master said, a middle-aged man with a horse-face and a notably high hairline.

His face bore little smile and was gloomy, resembling a zombie.

This man was definitely a formidable character; with just one sentence, he cleared the suspicions towards the Hong Family.

Mo Family Master sneered coldly, glancing at Bloody Beard, who had not left yet, and darkly said, "That might not necessarily be the case. Perhaps you were deliberately driving up the price, trying to fetch a better sum?"

These words were somewhat malicious.

Clearly aimed at sowing discord, trying to make Bloody Beard feel he had been wronged by spending too much and thus bear a grudge against the Hong Family.

"Hong Baojiu, you bastard, made me spend tens of thousands more silver. I will have you spit it out double," Bloody Beard glared viciously at the Hong Family Master.

The Blood Sword Gang was notoriously brutal and not a clan anyone willingly provoked.

It wasn’t out of fear, just an avoidance of unnecessary trouble.

"Gang Leader Hu, please don’t misunderstand! According to my speculation, that Puppet Elixir is very likely concocted by that mysterious young man who purchased the Ten-thousand-year-old Daluo Sword Grass," said the Hong Family Master.

"Think about it, which young man in the Royal Capital could toss out forty-five thousand silver taels without blinking an eye?"

"And what he bought was just a Medicinal Herb. What does that indicate? It shows that the boy is very confident in refining that Ten-thousand-year-old Daluo Sword Grass into an Elixir."

The mind of the Hong Family Master was indeed sharp.

His analysis was meticulous and reasoned, convincing others.

Even a rough individual like Bloody Beard believed somewhat in his words.

The others also nodded in agreement, thinking that the Hong Family Master’s analysis was quite reasonable.

Suddenly, a mysterious young Alchemist with extraordinary abilities attracted the attention of all big shots.

The Qiao Family, Mo Family and others developed an interest in recruiting this mysterious young Alchemist.

If such a potent Alchemist could be recruited into their family, it would greatly boost the family’s strength instantly.

Especially the Qiao Family, which wanted to get out of its current awkward situation and venture into the Alchemy World.

What the Qiao Family lacked was precisely a skilled Alchemist capable of supporting the family.

Now, a wonderful opportunity had presented itself.

"Gang Leader Hu, may I have a word in private!" Prince Liu was intent on dealing with Chu Feng.

Such matters were not suitable for Prince Liu Mansion to handle directly; spending money to hire the Blood Sword Gang for the assassination of Chu Feng was absolutely the best choice.

...

Chu Feng was completely unaware that the two Elixirs he casually took out for auction had caused a huge stir in the Royal Capital. The major players were shaken and started to show an interest in recruiting him.

After winning the bid for the Great Luo Sword Grass, he did not go directly back to Sword King Mansion.

Instead, he changed his appearance, took several detours, and finally entered the Medicine Guild’s Hall.

Now, using the identity of an apprentice of Niu Baotian as cover, his activities had become much more convenient.

With the Medicinal Herb in hand, he naturally wanted to immediately refine it into a Fake Meridian Pill.

Merely letting his apprentice make a move already allowed Niu Baotian to successfully concoct the Elixir for Minister Wu, greatly enhancing his reputation. His Alchemy business was also exceptionally good.

People are such followers.

When clients heard of Niu Baotian’s prowess, they flocked to him to request he concoct Elixirs. Even if it was some of the simplest Second Grade Elixirs, they still competed fiercely to have Niu Baotian personally refine them.

In response, Niu Baotian could only ask the receptionists to explain more to the guests.

Some difficult concoctions could be handled by him.

As for the simpler tasks, they were allocated to other pill masters. Only by doing so, would it not encroach upon the livelihood of other pill masters.

Moreover, Niu Baotian, having only a pair of hands and unable to split himself into more, could not possibly take all the orders as he would be too busy to manage them all.

"Oh, Alchemist Chu, you’ve arrived!" Niu Baotian noticed that ever since encountering Chu Feng, his fortune had been on the rise.

Not only had the poison in his body been stabilized, but with Chu Feng’s help, his reputation had spread far and wide. He had achieved both fame and wealth, and his status within the Pharmacist Guild had also become more secure.

Now, he regarded Chu Feng as his benefactor and treated him with even greater respect.

"I need to borrow your pill furnace!" Whenever Chu Feng visited Niu Baotian, there was only one thing on his agenda - to use the furnace for alchemy.

And so far, every attempt had been a success.

Every batch had been successfully concocted.

"Go purchase these auxiliary medicines for me!" Chu Feng wrote a list as the concoction of the Fake Meridian Pill required an extensive range of auxiliary medicines.

Upon seeing the list, a look of astonishment immediately appeared on Niu Baotian’s face.

"Are you planning to concoct Fake Meridian Pills?"

Many knew that Chu Feng had no sword meridians and couldn’t practice cultivation.

Niu Baotian, being perspicacious, quickly grasped Chu Feng’s intention of concocting Fake Meridian Pills.

It was very likely that he wanted to condense a false sword vein.

He didn’t understand how Chu Feng had obtained the main ingredient? Even with the financial power of the Sword King Mansion, they couldn’t afford it.

Niu Baotian dared not ask more and hurriedly went to the front counter’s medicinal cabinet to acquire the auxiliary medicines from the list.

...

In the alchemy room, Chu Feng was sweating profusely, his expression extremely focused. Concocting this batch of Fake Meridian Pills was even more serious than the batch of Longevity Pills he previously made.

Because this was related to his future, and whether he could reclaim his Nine Yang Sword Veins.

Sixteen years had already passed since then, and his Nine Yang Sword Veins had been seized by the Crown Prince of the Jianyun Dynasty for exactly sixteen years.

Nine was the limit.

Originally, the best opportunity to reclaim the sword veins would have been within nine years. Now, having far exceeded nine years, if it surpassed two cycles of nine years, his Nine Yang Sword Veins would be completely merged with the Crown Prince of Jianyun.

By then, Chu Feng would likely have no chance of reclaiming them.

That is to say, he had at most two years left.

With Chu Feng’s Nine Yang Sword Veins now in the possession of the Jianyun Crown Prince, and supported by ample cultivation resources from the royal family, his cultivation would have reached an extremely terrifying level. At least far stronger than Chu Feng by many times over.

For Chu Feng to catch up with him within two years was indeed not an easy task.

What he could rely on was probably only the memory of the Alchemy Venerate and his alchemy skills.

Cling clang~!

Suddenly, a series of clinking sounds emanated from the pill furnace, resembling the sound of nails flicking on a long sword.

Outside, Niu Baotian, revitalized, kept his eyes closely on the pill furnace.

Red streams of Sword Qi continuously appeared and swirled above the pill furnace.

"Collect!"

Chu Feng uttered a word, his face also revealing a relieved joy.

This time, concocting the Fake Meridian Pill was more arduous than he expected. Had it not been for his possession of the Nine Yang Strange Fire in this life, he would’ve likely met with failure early on.

"Phew~! With the Fake Meridian Pill, my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds daily!" Chu Feng, filled with confidence, extracted a completely red elixir from the furnace. Despite exhaustion, he immediately swallowed it without hesitation.