Chapter 26 Start Teaching!

On the Pill Peak.

Because the disciples of the Pill Hall hadn’t finished refining the pills they needed for today, Gu Zecang felt that the front of Pill Hall No. 1 was extremely spacious.

Especially after the green vine tree in front of the Pill Hall that was originally used to embellish the scenery disappeared, the surroundings became even more spacious. Gu Zecang walked to the front of the green vine tree stump with his head held high, looking at the faint bite marks left on it.

“Tsk tsk tsk.”

“Good teeth, hahaha, Deputy Hall Master Li has good teeth.”

“Hahahahaha.”

Seeing this, Gu Zecang laughed out loud.

Until a shout came from Pill Hall No. 1:

“It’s almost done. Li Ce isn’t in the Pill Hall. He went into seclusion after returning at noon.”

The voice belonged to the Hall Master of Pill Hall No. 1, Han Daobai.

Gu Zecang stopped smiling this time and nodded his head in satisfaction.

He turned around and walked into the Pill Hall.

Since he had already made an agreement with Junior Brother Lu Ming and it wasn’t time for him to leave the sect for his inspection, naturally, he had to quickly confirm this matter with Han Daobai.

After entering the Pill Hall, a disciple of the Pill Hall led him into the side hall.

Han Daobai was waiting for him by himself.

“Young friend Gu, have you figured it out?”

Seeing Gu Zecang come over, Han Daobai was quite satisfied and happy. “Yes, I’ve thought about it for a while.”

“Although the Pill Peak has offended me, the matter has been resolved, and we are all disciples of the Center Sect.”

“If the agreed share of 10% of the Pill Peak, which is half of the resources of your Pill Hall, is used in exchange, I can agree to teach the alchemy skills.”

Coming in front of outsiders, Gu Zecang naturally wouldn’t be obsequious and directly said what he wanted.

“Good, good, good.”

“Young friend Gu still has a sense of responsibility.”

Seeing that the other party had personally agreed, Han Daobai also revealed a smile.

Directly cupping his hands and giving away half of his Pill Hall No. 1’s resources was still the same as every year.

Han Daobai was somewhat reluctant to part with it in his heart.

However, this kind of alchemy was indeed fulfilling an assumption he had made two hundred years ago, which made him highly appreciative of this alchemy. At the same time, he believed in his judgment.

As long as the disciples of the Pill Hall mastered this new alchemy technique, they would be able to obtain ten times more resources in the future!

Even if he were to give half of it to Gu Zecang and the Alchemy Master behind him who refused to reveal his identity, he would still be able to obtain at least five times the benefits he had today.

As for the reason, it was very simple.

Because this alchemy technique allowed the disciples of the Pill Hall to condense the pill fire in seconds, greatly increasing their efficiency.

One must know that the pill fire could only refine one pill at a time. After refining one pill, it had to be condensed again. Now that they had learned it, the disciples of Pill Hall No. 1 not only would be able to turn their palms over to condense the pill fire, but they could also successfully condense it within three to five breaths.

At the same time, this alchemy technique could directly increase the completion rate of the pill from 70% to 90%!

This was a huge leap.

With the current 70% completion rate being considered good, when Pill Hall No. 1 became the only Pill Hall on the Pill Peak that could refine pills with over 90% completion rate, the auction houses, trading firms and the royal families of various countries under the protection of their sects would probably only buy from their Pill Hall in the future.

And the last point was because this was only a Rank 1 alchemy technique, if Pill Hall No. 1 grasped a Rank 1 to Rank 3 new alchemy technique, it would directly monopolize the market.

The other Pill Halls on Pill Peak, and even other orthodox sects, would probably find trouble with him.

However, it was precisely because this was only a Rank 1 new alchemy technique, Han Daobai directly made it clear to the other four Pill Halls that he would voluntarily give up the market for Rank 2 and Rank 3 pills, and that he would only refine Rank 1 pills.

One had to know that the higher the grade of the pill, the greater the profit. It could be considered as compensating them. In this way, his Pill Hall No. 1 could monopolize the surrounding countries’ royal families and itinerant cultivators’ Rank 1 pill market.

It wouldn’t be pushed aside by the four great Pill Halls of the Pill Peak because of its dominance. At the very least, it could maintain the balance on the surface.

The sect wouldn’t force him to hand over a new pill refinement technique because of this matter.

It could be said that he had killed two birds with one stone.

“Since Elder Han has no problem with it, shall we start to take the Oath of Heaven?”

Seeing that Han Daobai had confirmed that there was no problem with the distribution of resources, Gu Zecang immediately asked.

“Okay,” Han Daobai replied.

In fact, in the cultivation world, the Oath of Heaven was a conventional method. Therefore, the two of them didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with it and quickly made the Oath of Heaven.

After the Oath of Heaven was made, the two of them no longer had any worries about alchemy.

After all, the consequences of breaking the Oath of Heaven had always been death.

Actually, before noon, Han Daobai was still a little suspicious about Gu Zecang’s alchemy skills which had improved by leaps and bounds.

After Gu Zecang left at noon, Han Daobai went to the sect’s archives to investigate. He did not find any problems with Gu Zecang’s background or cultivation skills in the sect’s archives.

He wasn’t severely injured or captured by the heretics, nor would there be a situation where he would disturb the internal affairs of the Pill Peak with the evil alchemy techniques bestowed by the heretics.

It was obvious that either Gu Zecang had figured it out by himself, or there was an elusive Alchemy Master within the sect who lived in seclusion and knew about Gu Zecang’s talent.

After all, the Center Sect had existed for more than five thousand years, so it was normal for there to be such a grandmaster.

Now that he had sworn the Oath of Heaven, Han Daobai could completely let Gu Zecang teach his disciples.

“Then, when will young friend Gu start teaching the alchemy skills to the disciples of the Pill Hall?”

Han Daobai asked Gu Zecang when he saw the aura of the Heavens around him slowly dissipating

“Why not do it now?”

Seeing that everything had been settled, Gu Zecang thought of the large number of resources he would have in the future and replied cheerfully. Han Daobai nodded his head.

Then, he called the ten most outstanding disciples of Tainan Prefecture into the Pill Hall and asked Gu Zecang to teach them in front of him.

It wasn’t that he was afraid that Gu Zecang would have promiscuous relationships. After all, he had sworn to the Oath of Heaven.

In reality, he was indeed very interested in this alchemy skill.

Green Mountain City.

Outside the star-picking pavilion.

In a restaurant not far away.

Many guests were sitting on the first floor. The aroma of wine and meat mixed in the restaurant.

Since most of them were men, after drinking wine and getting blushed cheeks, the noisy discussions started.

“Have you heard? When I passed by the star-picking pavilion, the servant at the door was talking to the disciples of the Kunlun Sect about the auction of the finale item tonight.”

“The finale item? I know. It’s the talisman of a powerful cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage.”

“Yes, I know about this too, but that kind of thing isn’t something we can think of.”

“No! That was just a rumor before. Now that the star-picking pavilion has confirmed the catalogue for the auction, tonight’s finale item is the foundation establishment pill with a 100% completion rate!”

“What?? 100%!? That’s impossible, did you hear wrongly?”

“It’s true…”

At this moment, two figures were sitting on the second floor of the restaurant.

Amidst the continuous sounds of astonishment coming from below, the two people who had already heard the important news instantly looked at each other.

Then, they quickly got up and left the restaurant, heading straight for the star-picking pavilion.