The Rich Cultivator
Chapter 101. Mathilda Meets Tyler

Chapter 101: 101. Mathilda Meets Tyler

Tyler shut himself down in the workshop after the betrayal of his employees. Surprisingly, the Essence Rejuvenation Pill production continued unabated.

Five days passed...

"Impossible. His stocks should be finished by now," an old man, one of the alchemists who betrayed Tyler and joined Senior Sister Mathilda, said.

"Did he hire more alchemists?" another person asked.

"Impossible. People from our medical hall are keeping an eye on them," the old man replied.

"Don’t you feel guilty?" a girl from the assembly line team asked.

"You’re one to talk. Don’t forget that we are in a demonic sect. People will only remember when the sect starts the experiments again," the old man said, making everyone flinch as it brought back unpleasant memories.

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A few days later, the Essence Rejuvenation Pill sold by Tyler White completely stopped.

"Boring. I thought he would come up with something new," Senior Sister Mathilda said.

Suddenly, a junior sister ran towards her. Senior Sister Mathilda placed the tea before her. The junior sister drank it to quench her thirst.

"This is bad, Senior Sister," she said, handing Mathilda a small candy. The others were surprised and confused by her reaction and why she gave candy to the Senior Sister if it was bad.

Senior Sister Mathilda looked at the candy and said, "Isn’t this an Essence Rejuvenation Pill?"

She placed the candy on her lips, making the junior sister drool at her graceful action. "They removed the outer skins of some ingredients to make it non-bitter and added a little forest honey. They also reduced the size."

"As expected, Senior Sister, you figured it out just by a glance," the junior sister said with admiration.

"Who made this?" Senior Sister Mathilda asked.

"It’s that man called White again. He calls this a Sweet Pill. They sell for just 25 Lydia," the junior sister replied.

"Smart. How are the sales?" Mathilda asked.

"It is very popular among ordinary people because it has less medicinal power than the original and can help them sense Aura. It is also popular among female warriors because it is sweet. Even if the effect is halved, they just eat two," the junior sister explained.

"Where did he get the alchemists to make these?" Mathilda was confused.

"About that... The two alchemists who refused to betray him..." The junior sister’s voice lowered.

"Those two are that talented? How do they mass-produce?" Mathilda asked curiously.

"That’s not it, Senior Sister. It is like this..." The junior sister began to explain, making Mathilda’s eyes sparkle.

"He’s a genius. Let’s go and see it," Mathilda quickly said, leaving at once.

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In Tyler’s workshop, several Pill Masters, Array Masters, and Weapon Makers visited. They were all looking at a ’thing’ with multiple arrays.

"I call it the Sweet Pill Maker Machine," Tyler said.

"Show us how it works."

"Machines like this are heresy for pill makers."

People were intrigued by the new thing called a ’machine.’ The word ’machine’ was used in the far north, where mages with futuristic technology resided. Tyler studied these concepts from books brought by Sebina from overseas.

Tyler signalled his alchemists. They carefully added all the ingredients, their task only to remove the peels.

The machine had several layers: the first cleaned and purified the Essence Grass, Jade Lotus Petals, and Dragon Vein Stone; the second crushed them into powder; the third mixed the purified Essence Grass and Jade Lotus Petals in precise proportions; the fourth heated the mixture; the fifth cooled it down in a controlled chamber, allowing it to solidify correctly; the sixth mixed it with the refined Dragon Vein Stone powder in an automated blender, ensuring even distribution; the seventh was an automated pill-shaping machine forming the mixture into individual pills, ensuring consistency in size, weight, and appearance; and finally, the pills were coated with a thin layer of forest honey, making them sweeter and more palatable.

People were shocked to see the pills made in just a few minutes. This concept was novel to them and would definitely change the industry.

"Can we make weapons like this?" a blacksmith asked.

"Probably, but you need a whole team of Weapon Refinement Masters, Rune Masters, and Array Masters," Tyler replied.

Even the Pill Masters were impressed. If they had machines like this, they could make high-level pills more easily, focusing only on the difficult parts of the process. The Array Masters were a bit confused by some of the arrays, but they got an idea of how to make it work, realising they needed someone familiar with the pill process to make a suitable array. However, making such arrays for other pills would be a waste of time if there was no demand.

"Thank you for coming," Tyler said, sending them out. He didn’t care if people copied his ideas. In fact, he expected them to innovate further. Tyler had a plan.

"Boss White, Senior Sister Mathilda is here," Yi-Han said.

"Finally. Tell her to wait," Tyler replied.

Mathilda waited the whole day, but Tyler was nowhere to be seen. She waited patiently without complaint, though her junior sister was on the verge of bursting out. Mathilda calmed her down, saying, "We didn’t even give him permission to meet me. At least he didn’t do the same thing. So don’t mind it."

"I thought you would throw a tantrum," Tyler said, suddenly appearing opposite Mathilda, looking at her with interest.

Mathilda, a charming girl with long, flowing purple hair adorned with delicate jewellery, wore a pale lavender gown elegantly draped and decorated with intricate gold accents and chains. Her delicate facial features and captivating expression made Tyler’s weakness flare up, but he quickly suppressed it. He didn’t care if his enemy was a man or a woman.

"I am not a woman who throws tantrums." She said,

"I can see that."

"How dare you make the Senior Sister wait-" Her Junior Sister couldn’t hold back. But Mathilda patted her head and calmed her down.

"Forgive her. Also, This time, you won, Mr. White. With that new invention of yours, producing pills is no longer a challenge. Even if I copy that machine, you can simply sell these to other medical halls and make my business suffer," Mathilda said, getting straight to the point.

"Oh, you came here just to tell me that, Senior Sister Mathilda?" Tyler asked.

Mathilda shook her head and handed him a box. Inside was the pill that Tyler had originally asked for. Everything started because she refused to sell the pill to Tyler. Though he didn’t need it anymore, Tyler accepted it, understanding that this senior sister came for peace.

"How about we work together as business partners?" Mathilda proposed.

This time, Tyler, and even the junior sister, were taken aback.

"Are you sure? I have beef with your fiancé," Tyler said.

"Well, I tried to help him, but I lost. It doesn’t matter. It’s his problem. If he can’t even handle you, then he’s not worthy of being my fiancé. But if he beats you down, as a business partner, I will take care of your properties," she said with a crafty smile.

Tyler sighed, recalling a certain quote: "The more beautiful the woman, the more dangerous they are."

Tyler then shook hands with her. He had another motive. He needed a skilled alchemist under him. After learning about technology from the far north, a new ambition was emerging inside Tyler.

"Also about the people who betrayed you." Mathilda said.

"I don’t care about them." Tyler waved his hand.

"Oh... Well it doesn’t matter. I already Fired them. Their reputations are broken. So they won’t be able to get new jobs." She simply said.

Tyler understood that she did that to show her sincerity. Also with the new Pill Maker, those low level Alchemists are no use. Only unskilled people have to be afraid of developments which might replace them. Skilled people can survive anywhere.

Tyler went back to his room. Silvia was already sleeping. Tyler looked at the stars in the sky. Unlike his previous world, he could see countless stars clearly. He has a plan in his head. But he is not sure if it will work. He also thought of Senior Sister Priscilla, Senior Yu Meixue and the Lan Couples. He wondered how they were doing.

Suddenly, a big earthquake struck. A giant array formed, stabilising the island. Huge waves of a tsunami appeared on the horizon. Many figures with powerful auras flew out of the island. The situation happened so fast that many people were confused.

All the isles below the floating island moved in an order and formed a giant array. The tsunami couldn’t enter the islands, but many buildings were destroyed, and lots of people were injured or died.

Silvia woke up amidst the commotion and hugged Tyler. Both stood on the balcony, gazing at the sky.

Tyler’s eyesight had improved after regaining his power. He saw a large cloud moving on the horizon and was dumbfounded.

The large ’cloud’ was actually a huge hand.